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Steve Job’s Syrian Father On Why He Doesn’t Talk To His Son

August 29, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui

Abdulfattah John Jandali (Steve Job’s biological father):

This might sound strange […] but I am not prepared, even if either of us was on our deathbeds, to pick up the phone to call him, […] Steve will have to do that, as the Syrian pride in me does not want him ever to think I am after his fortune

I wonder if it’s the same “Syrian pride” that’s preventing Assad from stepping down..