Unaware that he would come back as a young man searching for his father, a lady dropped her infant, named “Islam,” into the Nile River with the intention of getting rid of him.

Although the incident took place in Egypt 22 years ago, it was recently made public.

According to Egyptian media, the mother allegedly threw her son into the Nile River because he was an illegitimate child that she had with an unidentified man. He was saved by fisherman after she threw him and they took him to an orphanage where he stayed until he was a young man.

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After a number of years, the mother believed she had finally atoned for her mistake, but Islam discovered the circumstances surrounding his adoption and began looking for his biological parents.

He ran into his aunt, who told him what his mother had done and showed him the way to her residence in Tanta. Islam went back to his aunt and stayed with her in her home because the mother had left as soon as she heard about his visit.

He persisted in trying to find his father despite the mother’s repeated attempts to elude him and her threats to have him from her path, particularly when he received a call from an unknown person who revealed his parents’ identities to him.

After finding his father, Islam claimed that his mother phoned him live on local television and expressed her want to see him.