The US President Barack Obama, missed the funeral of boxing legend Muhammad Ali yesterday to see his eldest daughter, Malia, graduate from high school. Malia, 17, took part in the commencement ceremony at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
The children of several presidents, including the children of Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, also attended Sidwell.
President Obama , as well as First Lady Michelle, both attended the ceremonies at the school’s campus in northwest Washington.
Tuition at the selective Quaker school is currently £27,698 ($39,360) a year, though the school emphasises that many students receive financial aid.
Barack Obama misses boxing legend Muhammad Ali funeral to see daughter Malia graduate
After the graduation ceremony, the Obama family celebrated over lunch at Cafe Milano in Georgetown.
Malia is taking a year off before enrolling at Harvard in autumn 2017.
The children of several presidents, including the children of Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, also attended Sidwell.
President Obama , as well as First Lady Michelle, both attended the ceremonies at the school’s campus in northwest Washington.
Tuition at the selective Quaker school is currently £27,698 ($39,360) a year, though the school emphasises that many students receive financial aid.
Barack Obama misses boxing legend Muhammad Ali funeral to see daughter Malia graduate
After the graduation ceremony, the Obama family celebrated over lunch at Cafe Milano in Georgetown.
Malia is taking a year off before enrolling at Harvard in autumn 2017.
More
than 18,000 thousand mourners attended the traditional Muslim Jenazah
service which last a little over an hour for the three-time world
champion boxer who died Friday at age 74. The family of boxing legend Muhammad Ali
joined thousands of mourners for the traditional Muslim prayer service
at Kentucky's Freedom Hall on Thursday to celebrate the sporting
legend's extraordinary life.
His
widow and fourth wife, Lonnie, daughters, Laila and Hana, and
granddaughter Sydney, were photographed inside looking somber at the
service, which marks the start of two days of ceremonies honoring the
Muslim-convert sports star who died following a 32-year battle with
Parkinson's disease.
In
addition, Ali's second wife, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, and his third wife,
Veronica Porche-Ali, whom he had an affair with prior to marrying, were
in attendance. His first wife, Sonji Roi, passed away in 2005.
Muslims traveled from all over the world to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a Kentucky arena for a final tribute to Ali.
Imam Zaid Shakir presides over Muhammad Ali's Jenazah inside Freedom Hall on Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky
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