CALGARY It’s been more than three years since Zainab Mahdi saw her 13-year-old daughter Zahraa Al Aazawi. Mahdi, who has full custody of her daughter, gave her ex-husband legal consent, to go on vacation with Zahraa to Egypt in 2018. The then 11-year-old was supposed to return to Canada on September 5, but that never happened. Ali Al Aazawi, 38, took their daughter to Iraq instead where she is currently staying with his family. These are members she only met when she arrived three years ago. “It’s a nightmare,” said Mahdi. “There are no words to explain it. Your daughter is alive but you can’t see her and you can’t talk to her.”