From
the first day I set my eyes on the #LabarinaSeries, I thought it would be an
amazing film that would deliver some special lessons.
Recently,
I have come to understand the similarities between the stories of Sumayya (the
fictional character of the series) and Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple,
Inc.
In
the film, Sumayya’s attempts of meeting her biological father are always
thwarted by her mother, because they do not know his whereabouts for several
years.
So,
those scenes quickly remind me of the story of Steve Jobs and his biological
father, Abdulfatah Jandali. Despite being a follower of his trends, I’ve never
watched a single clip of him mentioning his real father, even though I knew
that he’s a Syrian professor of Economics and Political Science.
But
frankly speaking, Steve never wanted to meet his biological father or reveal
their relationship publicly, not because his maternal grandpa never liked his
daughter’s relationship with Jandali, but because he had never contributed a
single penny for his life and his sister.
In
Labarina Series, Sumayya’s mother does not like her daughter to search for her
father because he left them and had never liked to take care of his daughter.
So, this resembles the story of Steve Jobs.
In
the mid of 20th century, Abdulfatah Jandali met Joanne Schieble when he was
lecturing at Wisconsin University. Joanne gave birth to Steve after a year, in
1955, before marrying Jandali. Later, they got married after Steve was given to
her aunt for adoption.
This
also looks similar to the story of Barrack Obama. His father, Barrack Hussein
Obama Sr. was a Kenyan statesman who met Ann Dunham (Obama's mother) when he
was studying at the University of Hawaii. She divorced him after a few years;
then he returned to his native land, and she continued taking care of her son
—who later became the 44th President of the United States.
So,
Jandali had to meet his second daughter, Mona for the second time after a
decade —when he left her in infancy. He never knew that Steve was his
biological son until the late 2000s. In all those days of hardship, he was
nowhere to be found.
This
is to say, Jandali had never contributed anything to his children, Steve and
Mona for a better life. This case is also similar to Larry Ellison’s story,
whose mother gave him for adoption when he was only 9-months old but had not
met him again until he was 48.
People
take their children to some places to acquire a piece of certain knowledge, but
do not know how they struggle day and night to survive. This, of course,
distances the relationship between them, and it even plucks out their mutual
understanding.
Steve
Jobs never liked to reveal his identity to his father many years before the
father got to know him; despite being famous, he rejected him all his life. Steve
had to bear the surname of his adoptive father, and his sister Mona bears the
surname of her stepdad. Now, Jandali is left empty.
Key
Points:
—Steve Jobs, a son of a professor who had never graduated from college
—Abdulfatah Jandali, a professor and an owner of a restaurant who gave birth to
one of the richest people in history
—Barrack Obama, the first black American to rule the United States
—Larry Ellison, the seventh richest person in the world who had not met his
biological mother for over 40 years
—Joanne Schieble slipped away to Syria with her lover, Jandali, despite the
fact that her father forbade their relationship
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