I regret to inform the SST community that Leila Abu-Saba has left us all after reaching the end of her long struggle with cancer.
Requiescat in pace. pl
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12 October 2009
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I came to this site from Dove's Eye View. My thoughts go out to her family.
Posted by: Brad Ruble | 12 October 2009 at 07:21 PM
That is lamentable. I like her blog, and her cooking recipes.
Farewell.
Posted by: confusedponderer | 12 October 2009 at 07:41 PM
RIP
Posted by: F | 12 October 2009 at 08:13 PM
I'm very sad to hear this news. My thoughts, too, are with her family.
Posted by: -bwg | 12 October 2009 at 08:17 PM
How very sad for her family. I always enjoyed reading Leila's comments here at SST & found my way to her blog through them, which is a wonderful blog. My husband's sister also passed away from cancer last week, so this prayer is for them both:
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine,
et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
Requiéscant in pace.
My thoughts & prayers go out to Leila's family during this difficult time.
Posted by: Maureen Lang | 12 October 2009 at 08:28 PM
Very sad news. RIP.
Posted by: Cold War Zoomie | 12 October 2009 at 08:29 PM
I have followed Leila's comments in various forums for a long time. She always had a perspective which caused me to pause and think. I will miss her and my thoughts and prayers are with her family.
Posted by: jdledell | 12 October 2009 at 08:45 PM
RIP, Leila....
Posted by: peg | 12 October 2009 at 09:07 PM
How sad for all of us who followed her life and illness. I have "known" Leila online for quite a few years and she was a bright, interesting, talented woman.
My sincere sympathy to her husband and sons.
Posted by: gloria p | 12 October 2009 at 09:29 PM
I am saddened to hear of the passing of Leila Abu-Saba. She always came across as courageous, thoughtful and caring, the best of the Telegraph Ave - Berkeley spirit. And she certainly helped deepen my appreciation of the veneration of St. George by Arabs and Muslims.
Blessed are the peacemakers…
Posted by: Sidney O. Smith III | 12 October 2009 at 09:46 PM
We had a few private conversations - I found her a smart, kind person and a potential friend with many mutual interests.
Posted by: Carlo Milono | 12 October 2009 at 11:18 PM
I read today with sadness about Leila's passing. I found her blog through your site and have enjoyed her articles and her wonderful recipes.
Posted by: Nancy K | 12 October 2009 at 11:54 PM
RIP Leila! We will miss you and your humanity.
Posted by: zanzibar | 12 October 2009 at 11:59 PM
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un.
Condolences to her family.
Posted by: jr786 | 13 October 2009 at 12:17 AM
Condolences to her family and friends and to all who enjoyed her writings. This news is very saddening.
Posted by: 11B40 | 13 October 2009 at 01:00 AM
I always liked her comments on the blog. My thoughts go out to her family. God willing she is in peace now.
Posted by: ThomasG | 13 October 2009 at 08:37 AM
As most of us only know her virtually, we can only mourn the loss of a person who brought a lot of humanity and sympathy to subjects ususally hugely absent of both and a compassion that will sorely be missed.
My sympathies go to her family & friends who will feel the loss far greater than us.
Allah yirhamik ya Leila
Posted by: mo | 13 October 2009 at 08:58 AM
I am sorry for the blog because Leila had a unique and very informative perspective on many posts. I also am sorry very sorry for her family. Odd how often cancer when it strikes the young and very young is so destructive. Disclosure--am a cancer survivor myself.
Posted by: William R. Cumming | 13 October 2009 at 09:10 AM
And I also enjoyed her well-written posts followed by her Arabic name.
Posted by: Matthew | 13 October 2009 at 09:18 AM
A most civilised lady. I will miss her comments.
Posted by: David Habakkuk | 13 October 2009 at 09:23 AM
Pat Lang,
I've looked forward to reading her thoughtful and well-phrased postings on SST. She was a truly gentle person and I should like to extend my sympathy to her family and friends.
Sincerely,
WPFIII
Posted by: William P. Fitzgerald III | 13 October 2009 at 09:41 AM
Her "Hello Kind World" post at http://bedouina.typepad.com/ is one of very few blog posts that I have printed to a file so that I can read it again and again.
Posted by: JimV | 13 October 2009 at 09:55 AM
Leila added a truly unique, and insightful, perspective to the STT community. She will be missed. I hope for peace and recovery for her family and loved ones.
Posted by: jonst | 13 October 2009 at 10:06 AM
No man is an island, entire of itself.
Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee.
Posted by: Babak Makkinejad | 13 October 2009 at 10:28 AM
My sympathies to the family.
Posted by: Bill Wade, NH | 13 October 2009 at 11:16 AM