"When Elgazzar tried to leave Egypt in January 2025, she discovered there was a court-ordered travel ban preventing her children from leaving the country without both her and their father's permission. 'I was in shock there are no other words,' said Elgazzar. 'Why can't our girls come home to Canada? That's where their father resides.'"
"Mahmoud Elgazzar obtained the travel ban in September 2024 after telling an Egyptian court that he was living in Egypt and needed the order to prevent his ex-wife from taking the children to Canada without his consent. However, other government records, Toronto police emails and social media posts show Mahmoud Elgazzar was living in Canada when the travel ban was imposed and that he has continued to live in the Greater Toronto Area since."
"CBC News reviewed an Egyptian movement certificate showing Mahmoud Elgazzar last left Egypt at the end of June 2024, months before the travel ban was placed on his daughters. Emails with Toronto police show he was employed as a police officer with the service from at least February 2025 until he was dismissed in June 2025."
Shannon Elgazzar, a Canadian mother, discovered a court-ordered travel ban preventing her two daughters from leaving Egypt when attempting to return to Ontario in January 2025. Her ex-husband, Mahmoud Elgazzar, obtained the ban in September 2024 by telling an Egyptian court he lived in Egypt and needed protection of his parental rights. However, government records, Toronto police employment documents, and social media evidence reveal Mahmoud Elgazzar was actually living in the Greater Toronto Area when the ban was imposed and has remained there since. An Egyptian movement certificate shows he last departed Egypt in June 2024, months before the travel ban was placed on his daughters.
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