Its members use 190 passports during their tours between the wings

An Emirati family in the exhibition daily: “The Home of the World” succeeded with distinction

  • Aaron: My family and I made it a point to register our presence in all the wings.

    Photography: Nada Al Mazmi

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With a sense of patriotism, an Emirati family has expressed their love for Expo 2020 Dubai, since the first day of the launch of the global event on the first of last October, as it has been visiting the international exhibition almost daily, and in many days it reached twice a day.

The family of citizen Harun Abdul-Ghani recorded a large number of visits to the "Expo", and its members (16 people) used 190 yellow and white passports.

The family sent a message through this large number of visits to the exhibition by launching a hashtag on social media in the name of #National_duty_for you_your_beloved_patriot, with the aim of promoting the UAE and the historical event that is being held for the first time in the Middle East.

Haroun Abdel-Ghani told "Emirates Today": "His family is sad because the beautiful event is approaching the conclusion station, with the end of its activities after days, specifically at the end of this month," noting that he is proud of the UAE's hosting of this exceptional event and its wonderful organization is the best in the history of Exhibitions «Expo» throughout history.

He expressed his happiness with the great success of the "Expo Dubai", considering that "this wonderful organization of the World Exhibition confirms that the UAE is the homeland of the world, and that it is a country of security and safety. What we saw is beyond description and imagination, after the number of visits to the exhibition exceeded more than 20 million visits, although the The world suffers the consequences of the crisis of the Corona virus pandemic, yet the UAE has proven its ability to overcome this crisis, through the imaginative organization of the exhibition.

Regarding the huge number of his family’s visits to the exhibition, he explained: “Since the first day of the exhibition, I have always been keen to come to (Expo Dubai) with my family to enjoy this unique and first of its kind event, which is organized every five years in different countries, and our country is currently hosting it.”

He added: "My family and I set our eyes to register our presence in all the pavilions, support our beloved country in the number of visits, reach the desired goal, and even exceed it in the number of visits during the exhibition period, as the total number of visits by some members of our family reached 140."

Haroun continued: "We used 190 yellow and white passports, and they were stamped with the seals of the 192 pavilions participating in the exhibition, and we consider ourselves the first citizen family to complete obtaining stamps for all pavilions on the (Expo passport), and our visits to the global event will not stop, and we plan to attend it on a daily basis. Until next Thursday, which is the final day of the event.”

Haroun explained: “We used to come on a daily basis to the exhibition, as I came with my family of 16 people many times, through me and my six sons, along with my father, grandfather, my brother and his sons, and we used the metro, which is a great means of transportation that I advise everyone to use. And enjoy the unique capabilities of the UAE in all fields.”

• 140 visits, recorded by some members of the Emirati family, which includes 16 people.

• The family confirmed that it will not break its daily habit of visiting the exhibition until the final day, next Thursday.

Harun Abdulghani:

• "During our visits, we use the metro, which is a wonderful means of transportation that I advise everyone to use, and to enjoy the unique capabilities of the UAE in all fields."

• “We learned a lot about the different cultures of the countries participating in the exhibition, and we got information that was not easy to find in one place.”

We learned a lot on the show

About the most prominent benefits that his family obtained during their frequent tours and almost daily visits to "Expo 2020 Dubai", Harun Abdel-Ghani said: "We learned many things about the different cultures of the countries participating in the exhibition, and we obtained a lot of information that was not easy to obtain in one place." He praised the celebrations of the national days of the participating countries, which provided a great opportunity for residents and visitors of the country.