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Luxor:
The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into
a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead.
Hospital officials had pronounced
dead Hamdi Hafez Al-Nubi, who came from the village of Naga Al-Simman
in the southern province of Luxor, after he suffered a heart
attack while working. news agency Associated Press reports.
His family says grieving relatives
took him home and, according to Islamic tradition, washed his body
and prepared him for burial Friday evening.
A doctor sent to sign the death
certificate found it strange that his body was warm. At closer
observation she discovered he was still alive.
His mother fainted upon hearing the
good news.
With the doctor's assistance, both
Al-Nubi and his mother were awakened and soon were celebrating
with guests.
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