Amal bint Abdullatif Al Mannai, CEO of Qatar Foundation for Social Work Group, with supporters in front of the banner of Tamim Al Majd icon at the Tornado Tower yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula
Qatar Foundation for Social Work (QFSW), installed the ‘Tamim Al Majd’ icon at the Tornado Tower's outer yard to enable the employees of the Foundation and the seven centres working under the umbrella of QFSW to imprint their feelings.
All the employees used their own words to express their affection towards Qatar and unlimited support for the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to stand with him through this phase.
Amaal bint Abdullatif Al Mannai, QFSW’s CEO told The Peninsula: “We have gathered here as a family, all seven social organisations which work under the umbrella of QFSW to ‘thank’ our Emir and the government to stand with us together. We as a family serve humanity regardless of their religion, gender and nationality.
The center aims to stand with all the people in Qatar. As our motto is same “We are Qatar”. Today my message will be “Thank-you to make us stand tall in Qatar.”
“In Qatar, we follow the words of our Emir ‘We are people who are committed to our principles and our values. We do not live on the margins of life, we do not aimlessly wander without a destination and we are not followers of anyone from whom we receive guidance’. We also affirm to everyone that we only bow down to God Almighty,” she added.
Expressing his generous attitude towards the GCC countries. Mansoor AlSaadi, Executive Director of Aman Center (Protection and Rehabilitation) said: “ The situation which is on-going in our country did not happen before and will not happen in future by the Grace of Allah. We have utilised this opportunity to express our love and support. We are all one not only Qataris but all the nationalities who stood with us together ‘We all are Qataris’, ‘We all are Qatar’.
“This occasion was hosted to utter our sentiments on this ionic picture of Emir. We don’t have any issues with our brothers if others have problem we will deal it in our way. We still have relations with all GCC countries, as we are brother-in-laws, cousins, as we have families there and they have families here. We are standing with our Emir without creating disputes with others,” he added.
Another Employee at QFSW, Karimi Abdul Wahid, conveyed his fondness towards Qatar by saying, “ I came in Qatar in 2006, I consider myself a Qatari. We are here to show that no matter what the circumstances are we all will stand with unity. This is Qatar, the love we share can never break the strong bond between us.”
