An open door in a wall. The meaning of the Arabic name Fathy can be translated as "whom things are opened by".

Know thyself – how my name “Fathy” surprised me.

Often when people first meet me, they ask me how to pronounce either Jonas, Fathy, or both. I usually follow Romeo’s “what’s in a name” and say that I don’t mind. There are two reasons: firstly, I grew up with my first name being pronounced very differently depending on the context I was in, so …

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