What Happened
Authorities have failed me.
No one is moving with urgency. No one is treating this like the emergency that it is.
That is why I created this website and shared my story, because I need help from the world.
Please help me bring my precious son, Aziz, home.
My name is Hassan Mahmoud. I am the father of Abdelaziz Hassan Mahmoud, known as Aziz.
He is only 8 years old. The last time I saw him, he was 7.
Aziz is not just my son. He is my best friend.
He is the soul of our family, loved deeply by his grandparents, his aunts, his uncles, and his cousins. And he loves them just as much.
I have raised him since the day he was born. He has always been with me.
On December 21st, 2024, I dropped Aziz off to visit his mother in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
This was supposed to be a short visit. I was supposed to pick him back up on December 26th.
I never saw my son again.
I had safeguards in place because I never fully trusted the situation. Aziz had his own iPad, and I would FaceTime him constantly, sometimes 12 to 15 times a day, just to make sure he was safe.
Then suddenly, I couldn't reach him anymore.
No calls. No FaceTime. No contact.
After January 8th, 2025, everything started to make sense.
The reason my son was taken was not random, it was calculated.
I had been running a successful business full time for six years. When it first started, I made his mother a partner because we were not married, and I wanted her to feel secure. In 2023, I bought the majority of her shares out.
But as the business became highly successful, things changed.
She became envious, vengeful, and determined to take it from me.
She resold shares I had already paid for to another individual, Josh Zwagil. Together, they carried out a hostile takeover on January 8th, 2025.
My son's life was used as leverage against me.
I was pressured into signing a settlement agreement under duress, with the promise that my son would be returned home.
That promise was a lie.
Instead, she obtained an incorrect birth certificate, created a passport for Aziz in Seattle, and fled the country with my son.
The moment I realized what was happening, I took action.
I immediately filed for full custody. I had never filed before because she constantly threatened me, telling me the system would side with her, that I would lose my son because I am an Arab man and she is a white woman.
For years, I lived under that fear.
I was in an abusive relationship with her for 8 years. I was physically and mentally abused, and I was threatened constantly that I would never see my son again if I tried to leave.
In the summer of 2022, I finally found the courage to leave.
When I left, I took Aziz with me. He lived with me full time in a safe, loving home.
In 2023, I found the love of my life. Together, we built a real home for Aziz. He now has a baby brother, Noah, someone he loves deeply. They have both been robbed of precious time together.
With the help of my legal team at Blank Rome, Jacqueline Combs and Kristina Royce, we filed an emergency Ex Parte application on March 7th, 2025.
This was to prove that my son was in danger and needed immediate protection.
On March 11th, 2025, thanks to the Honorable Judge Sonia B. Dujan, I was granted full custody of my son.
I also want to acknowledge Sergeant Vaughn in Lake Oswego, who has been one of the only members of law enforcement to show care and effort in this situation.
Aside from my attorneys at Blank Rome, the judge, and Sergeant Vaughn, every other authority and government body has failed to act with urgency.
But even with full custody, my son is still gone.
I have felt ignored.
Because his own mother is the one who took him, it feels like this hasn't been taken seriously.
Because I am a father, I have been made to feel like I shouldn't be the sole parent.
Because I am a Palestinian Muslim, I have felt racism and prejudice in the way my case has been handled.
And while all of this is happening, my son is still missing.
This is why I am asking for your help.
This is no longer just a legal issue. This is a human one.
My son deserves to be home.
He deserves to be safe.
He deserves his father, his brother, and his family.
And I will not stop until he is back where he belongs.
Please help me bring Aziz home.
Help Bring Aziz Home
If you're reading this, please don't scroll away.
My son is out there somewhere.
He is only 8 years old.
He should be at home.
He should be with his father.
He should be playing with his little brother.
Instead, he is gone.
Every single day that passes is another day I don't get to hear his voice.
Another day I don't get to hug him.
Another day he is missing from the life he deserves.
I don't know where he is.
I don't know if he's scared.
I don't know if he's asking for me.
But I know this, he needs to come home.
And I can't do this alone.
Please help me.
Share this website.
Post it anywhere you can.
Send it to your friends, your family, your community.
Watch the full video on YouTube and share it everywhere.
Someone out there knows something.
Someone out there can help.
And this might reach them because of you.
Please don't ignore this.
Please don't assume someone else will act.
Be the reason this spreads.
Be the reason my son is found.
Aziz and me have been living this nightmare for 16 months. Help us end it.
Please help me bring Aziz home.
