“She was very intelligent, very well-read, always engaged in intellectual discussions, and outspoken.”She was also an attentive mother, Banani said. One of two Canadians aboard doomed EgyptAir flight MS804 was a fiercely intelligent, opinionated businesswoman who doted on her three young sons, a friend said Thursday. “Her son contacted my son and gave him the news and wanted us to pray for his mom,” she said. The mother of three boys aged 11 to 16 was returning to Cairo after visiting family in Paris, Banani said. I’ve been bombarded with memories of us being together,” said Haleh Banani, of Allen, Texas, as she recalled her friend, Marwa Hamdy.

Source: National Post May 19, 2016 19:37 UTC