The son of Mansoura, who lives in Abu Dhabi, does not see more than 5%

A semi-blind Egyptian designs the world's largest glasses out of LEGO pieces

Ziyad appeared to receive a Guinness certificate, wearing glasses similar to the one he designed in a giant way.

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Ziad Ibrahim, a young Egyptian who suffers from short-sightedness, set a world record, with the help of his sister Salma Ibrahim, to make the largest glasses made of Lego pieces.

The brothers were able to design glasses using 65,108 pieces of Lego, with dimensions of 6.2 meters in length, 2.52 meters in width and 0.952 in height, which were entered by the "Guinness Book", in an event announced at The Galleria on Al Maryah Island, in the capital, Abu Dhabi.

Ziad, who does not have more than 5% of eyesight, is from the Egyptian city of Mansoura, and the brothers devoted 17 days to accomplish this great work, using 65,108 pieces of Lego weighing 147 kilograms, which is approximately the weight of a panda bear.

In January of 2020, Ziad participated in the world record for the longest chain of handshakes, which was held in Abu Dhabi before the Corona pandemic, and was inspired by his dream of achieving a personal world record in his own way.

Ziad suffers from congenital Leber's disease, an eye disorder that primarily affects the retina. Patients with this type of nearsightedness struggle with nearly absent pupillary responses and a severe reduction in vision.

Congenital Leber's disease cannot be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, or surgery. It is not complete blindness, but it has very limited vision.

Although studies indicate that 80% of blindness is concentrated in those over the age of 50, Ziyad has been battling this disease since birth, and today he is 19 years old, and is competing to achieve this record for the completely sighted.

Although he sees the world through his mother's eyes, on record day he showed up wearing glasses exactly like the ones he designed on a giant.

Ziad began working on glasses in the family home, then moved to one of the galleries in Abu Dhabi and continued there.

Ziad studies chemical engineering at the University of Dublin in Ireland, and the university provided him with a free scholarship and an assistant to support him in his studies, and he competes completely with sighted people, and he is among the top 2% of his class.

"I got my first box of Lego when I was nine years old, and since then I've been passionate about it," he says.

Ziad does not see even using giant screens, all he sees are spectra of colors and moving objects, and he believes that LEGO gives him exceptional cognitive skills to distinguish objects, shapes and colors. 

"Salma" appointed her brother

Ziad's younger sister, Salma Ibrahim (17 years), helped complete the work from the beginning and aspires to complete her studies in Ireland as well, to be near her brother, and to be the eye through which he sees.

"Ziad has been an inspiration to me since we were young," she says.

He encourages me every day and does not allow giving up to creep into my heart.

I hope that the Guinness World Records title will fulfill our ambition to tell his story to the world, and to confirm that the possible does not meet with the impossible in one heart.”

• “Ziad” studies chemical engineering in Ireland and competes with sighted people, and is among the top 2% of his class.

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