Many in the tri-community will remember Dr. William Fouad and his time as a physician in northern Manitoba. Dr. Fouad’s son, Paul, has penned a memoir of his parents’ experiences, from migrating to another country to settling in northern Manitoba. Recently, Dr. Fouad and his wife, Laura, celebrated their 60th Anniversary amongst family and friends.
“This memoir started as a gift to my parents and something they could leave their grandkids,” said Paul Fouad. “Their grandkids are disconnected, not only from my parents’ culture but their life story as well. This is a way for them to connect.
“As I began writing this, I really got into character and what my parents were about. My dad is a remarkable person and my mother is very special too. Now that I’m older, I’m starting to see the incredibleness of what he did and how difficult that must have been. For someone to leave family, uproot to a new country, and leave behind their culture to form a new one with their family.