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15 hours ago Shawqi Badri 243 visits Shawqi Badri Shawqi Badri May 22, 2014 Facebook After a while, I joined him with my brother Al-Shanqeeti. We were studying at our own expense, and the brothers Iman and Khalil followed us. Many Sudanese families of average status were able to send their children to study abroad, especially in Eastern Europe. There were four brothers in Prague after us: Dr. Osama Shazli and the brothers of Ahmed and Muhammad, the eldest of whom was Shazli, who studied in Cuba in the early sixties and met Guevara, Castro, and his brother Raul. Their father, the famous police officer, Uncle Shazli, may God have mercy on everyone. Parties and organizations helped thousands of Sudanese students to obtain free scholarships. The state was sending thousands to study and specialize outside Sudan. The University of Khartoum was referred to as Lebanon, and it had an international reputation. Omar did not return from vacation. When we returned to Prague from the Czech language course, he had suspended his studies for a year and went to the Gulf, as we heard. At that time, the Emirates was not known to many Sudanese and had not been formed as a state. We knew Kuwait because Al-Arabi magazine was published there. The Emirates only united in the seventies. The Sudanese knew Aden because many luxury goods came from Aden. The most luxurious store was Al-Adani store in Omdurman. Students from South Yemen were studying the same course as Bakht al-Rida. The excellent ones come to study in Sudanese secondary schools and then at the University of Khartoum. When Omar returned, his pocket was full of money, and on his ring finger was a beautiful gold ring and a gold tie clip in the shape of a dagger with a sheath. I gave the two masterpieces to my brother Al-Shanqeeti. Because Al-Shanqeeti was generous and selfless, the ring became my share. In the middle is one of the brothers, Ali Al-Khanjar, with knowledge of Al-Shanqeeti, who hated neckties. We knew from Omar that he was an employee and goalkeeper in the Emirates, and that many Sudanese football players taught football to the Saudis and the Gulf countries. It was assumed that any Sudanese could speak English, play football, and drink whiskey, which was available and cheap. In the past, in Chad, they would stop truck drivers and ask them to sing for them the latest Sudanese songs, and they would not believe that there was a Sudanese who could not sing. Some truck drivers settled in Chad and married there. Chad is the country in the world that I loved the most and in which I felt a sense of belonging from the first moment. One of the stories that stuck in my mind is the story of the shrewd Sheikh. Some prosperity began to appear in Abu Dhabi during the days of Sheikh Shakhbout due to oil and trade in Dubai through Sheikh Rashid. Emirati youth demanded a football stadium in Dubai. The Sheikh was sensible and knew that the country was poor and needed more important things than football stadiums. The country needed hospitals, schools, and everything. There was no infrastructure. I remember that Brother Kamal Hamza, son of the Treasury and Director of Dubai Municipality, was telling about the first slave road in Dubai, and how happy Sheikh Rashid was. What I liked about the people of the Emirates is that they are proud of their ancient poverty. They talk openly about the troubles they experienced. In the past, some people used to tell me about how they had to sleep in bags that they put in like a shroud and tied from the inside to avoid some insects, the worst of which were ticks that hide in the sand. They were proudly saying that Sheikh Zayed, whose generosity was extended to many countries, one of which was Sudan, was working as a driver at first or as a driver for the British before he took power…the youth pressed us about the stadium. The Sheikh did not want to reject their request or mock them. Like a compassionate parent, he hates to appear as a parent who is stingy with his children. He addressed them and explained to them that football had not developed to the point of building stadiums. The proof is that they will not be able to defeat the English who work in the emirate and have a football team. The youth pledged to defeat the British. This was the condition for building the stadium. Sudanese official Kamal Hamza explained the matter to goalkeeper Omar Abdel Majeed. Because he is the one who can get the old man out of trouble. After that, the Sheikh called Omar by phone, greeted him, and had a good time with him. In the evening, the Sudanese official repeated the request: I remember asking Omar, how did he carry out the will? He said that the matter was not difficult because the first goal was a missile, and if he had tackled it, he would have been dead, and the second goal was not seen by the ball. After that, Omar was dedicated and saved guaranteed goals, and he imagined himself in the Omdurman League, and he was flying with his tall stature and snatching the ball from the English because of his height, amid the cheering of the fans. People came out praising Omar and denouncing the performance of the defense and attack, which did not surpass the English defence. . They used to say that Omar could not struggle alone… Omar received a small sum by today’s standards, but for a student in Eastern Europe it was more than a fortune. Everyone who studies at his own expense needs ten pounds per month. The mission was worth 7 Sudanese pounds. It seems that the Sheikh knew that the English would win. But Omar was a safety valve. Where is Sudanese football today compared to the Emirates? A few days ago, I was browsing the Internet, and I found a website for Aden. There were pictures of the city of Aden in the year 1962. The streets were beautiful and the shops seemed full of the finest goods. Luxury cars park near the sidewalk. They published pictures of the Abu Dhabi market during that period, near pictures of the market in the city of Aden. The difference was huge. The cafes in Abu Dhabi were full of paper and shops, and people’s clothing was very simple. Aden was the most important coal station. The English built many coal stations on the way to India so that their ships could be supplied with fuel, which was coal. The Adenis were among the first to be educated. Aden could have been in a better position than Dubai because it was in a more strategic location. It could have controlled the global market in that region. It has a historical connection to Yemen, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and even Saudi Arabia. We Sudanese say that Sheikh Zayed was advised by the British to seek the help of the Sudanese to develop the Emirates. Sheikh Zayed said that he wanted Abu Dhabi to be like Khartoum when he visited Khartoum in 1974. Now there is no comparison. We repeat that we are the Kushites who were mentioned in the Bible 8 times. We have a civilization that is more than 7 thousand years old. We were the first to build pyramids in the world and smelt iron in Meroe. Our Yemeni brothers are the origin of the Arabs, the people of Ma’rib Dam, and the first civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula. But all this should be counted on us and not for us. Some countries do not manage themselves well. What pushes Qatar into unnecessary problems and misfortunes? God opened it with oil before the Emirates. Spain was the master of the world. They were the ones who discovered America and the New World, and Portugal was the first to send ships to explore the globe. They spread the orange language in the Philippines, Africa and Brazil. Now they are one of the tired countries in Europe. Even Italy, the mother of European culture, lives in bad conditions. Corruption and crime are widespread there. I saw my Swedish neighbor, Ola Schmitz, the Swedish representative in the European government, saying on television that he asked the Italian representative how the Italians allow a corrupt man like Berlusconi to lead them. The response was that it was better than the mafia. He is the only one who was able to control the mafia. Why is Ethiopia developing today? Somalia is fading as a country… How is the Scandinavian economy progressing, companies hiring new workers, and America suffering from recession and unemployment?? America, which wants to be the world’s police, cannot control crime on its streets. The richest and most powerful country does not provide treatment and luxury for all its people. The Germans used to tell us when we were looking for work in their country during university vacation. You foreigners work to live. We Germans live to work. They say that they are superior to others because of order, discipline, and work. That is why, although England and the others won the war, they were the ones who won the peace. There is a big difference between Germany’s economy and the rest. We in Sudan have been plunged into civil wars since 1955 and have become dependent. One person in the family works and the others sleep. Our brothers in Yemen are wasting their time chewing qat. Their wars and tribalism hinder their path. We must learn from the people of the Emirates. They appreciated their circumstances, knew their weaknesses, and got rid of them. When I look at Emirati school books, I find them very advanced. The students are fluent in English. They have a lot of reasonableness and rationality. They did not let religious obsession control them. Although they are of many tribes and nationalities, they give reasonable opportunities to citizens regardless of their origin. Kuwait is still searching for a solution to the Bedoon problem. In the seventies, the bodies of 6 camels were counted as having died due to traffic accidents between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The owner of the camel was demanding compensation. The road in 1980 was studded with thousands of wrecked cars. But everything changed after they started prosecuting the owner of the camel for his negligence instead of the car driver. The camels that roam the country and cause fatal traffic accidents have disappeared. The cows that used to feed on waste among the homes in Abu Dhabi have disappeared. Let the Emirates enjoy its progress. The people of the Emirates have created it with their efforts. We may hear that foreigners are the ones who are tired, and this is a fact, but administration remains the cornerstone. Why did the Sudanese not benefit from those who innovated and worked in the Emirates? Why did Aden lag behind??? We heard from elderly Saudis that they did not know about treatment and antibiotics except in Port Sudan. Saudi patients used to find free treatment in Sudan. Grooms used to buy wedding trousseau in Port Sudan. The first car that King Saud enriched was a gift from the Sudanese. The Rolls Royce is located in the Nasiriyah Palace Museum. The Sudanese collect money to feed the Saudis. They send loaded camels to help the people of Hijaz. He is crying over the ruins. Our situation and that of the Yemenis, who share many characteristics with us, is similar to the situation of Greece. Greece claims that it is the mother of European civilization, and this is a fact. But Greece today is one of the most disappointing countries in the European system. Greece almost destroyed the European Union. According to European decisions, only 3% is allowed per year in the expenditure deficit. But Greece spends 13%, lies, and borrows from European banks that were convinced that countries and governments were guaranteed debts. The European market does not allow the state’s debt to exceed 60% of the national income, and Greece’s debt exceeds 130% of the national income. The Greeks are a people who love to play backgammon, sit in cafes, and evade taxes. While the Scandinavians are moving towards getting rid of cash, to the point that buses have not dealt with cash for a decade. More than 90% of cash is in banks and not in pockets. There are failed states and successful states. Congratulations to the Emirates on its success. I hope that we, the Yemenis and others will follow the path of success. I hope that anyone who can try to Google pictures of the Emirates 50 years ago and compare them to the Emirates now. What prompted me to write was that I found a picture of Omar Abdel Majeed, the UAE goalkeeper in the 1960s, by chance a few days ago. Omar is the son of Hermas Abdel Majeed Ali Taha, the first Sudanese to become a major in the army, even heading British soldiers. The town, the building of Taha, is attributed to their grandfather. Among them are the educator Abdul Rahman Ali Taha, the great officer and politician Abdul Razzaq Ali Taha, the educationist and writer Abdul Halim Ali Taha, and others, may God have mercy on them. The first goalkeeper in an Emirati, international, and international match, the Sudanese Omar Abdul Majeed Ali Taha. May God bless him. https://i.imgur.com/NojNKUK.png Karkasa Omar, since his childhood, was kind and cheerful and did not cause any problems to himself or others. We have not met since the emergence of the Sudanese Tatars. Suddenly I started thinking about him constantly. One day before writing and publishing this topic, Omar left our world. A. S. 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