The story of friendship began from school to continue even after retirement

3 Saudi engineers .. The journey of a lifetime at the "Expo" station

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Omar's long journey, whose stations brought together three Saudi friends whose story began since school, continued throughout the work period, and even after retirement, as the three engineers came together from the Kingdom to visit the Expo 2020 Dubai, and get acquainted closely with the exceptional global event.

Engineer Hashem Al-Awani confirmed that the group of friends who called themselves a special name consisting of the first three letters of his name and the names of his two friends, Muhammad Al-Dhaif, and Ali Al-Rebah, were keen to come together to Dubai and visit its beautiful exhibition that brings the world together.

He added that the group decided to continue its association and activity by heading together on this trip to visit the "Dubai Expo", which is the largest in the history of international exhibitions.

Al-Awani explained to "Emirates Today": "The association of our group goes back to the school days, and then work in the same engineering specialty, and the friendship continued even after the retirement age, and throughout the past periods, and for more than 40 years, and we are always keen to organize activities and events And special trips for this group, in the same way that we are together today at (Expo Dubai).”

For his part, Engineer Ali Al-Rabeh, 61, said: “The decision to go to Dubai was taken with my friend from the first day of the opening of (Expo 2020), to see what is new in the field of technology, engineering and sustainability, and to be keen to learn about different cultures by visiting the pavilions The participating countries, most notably the UAE and Saudi Arabia pavilions.

He added about the relationship between him and his two friends: "Our relationship is very strong, we studied together, specialized in petroleum engineering, and maintained our relationship after the retirement age, and this is not the first time that we travel on a foreign trip without our families."

He continued, "There are times designated for us friends, and other times for our families, and our visit to (Expo Dubai) is exploratory before returning and taking our families next time, especially as I will return to Dubai next month with my family on a trip that allows us to get to know more about this exhibition."

For his part, Engineer Mohammed Al Deif considered that the wide echoes of the "Dubai Expo" were behind the three friends' decision to come to Dubai, "especially since the spirit of adventure is the most characteristic of our friendship, and most of the ideas are usually presented in our weekly meeting through a morning breakfast that brings us together in the morning." every tuesday.”

Hashem Al-Awani:

• «For more than 40 years, we have been keen on special trips for our group».

Mohammed Al Deif:

• "The wide echoes of (Expo 2020) were behind our decision to come to Dubai."

Ali profit:

“I will return to Dubai soon with my family to learn more about the international exhibition.”