EIFF family get-together creates awareness about education

June 5, 2012

Dubai, June 5: Emirates India Fraternity Forum conducted a family get-together under the themes ‘Importance of Education to Empower the Community’ and ‘Evils of Dowry’ recently at Aneesa Al Ansari Girls School, Al Quoz in Dubai.

The chief guests for the evening were Dr. Kaup Mohammad, General Secretary, Beary’s Cultural Forum and Professor at London American College, Abdul Razak, President of KIC, UAE, and O M Abdul Salam, General Secretary, Rehab India Foundation.

Dr. Kaup Mohammad said that as a human being one must aim to serve the humanity. He urged the young generation to pursue their goals with dedication and said that they must plan their future and achieve excellence in their chosen field.

He also stressed on getting higher education to compete in modern challenges.

Pointing to the issue of difficulty faced by poor and backward community in the field of education, O M Abdul Salam appealed to the public to take care of the educational needs of poor children.

He said it is the collective responsibility of every individual to make necessary arrangement for the deprived students to complete their basic education.

He also presented a slide show which exhibited the social activities done by Rehab India Foundation in different states of India for the empowerment of the community.

Abdul Razak, Executive committee member of EIFF, spoke about the evils of dowry and said that giving and accepting of dowry are both considered as an anti-Islamic act.

He pointed out that because of dowry system many poor girls are still not married and there is lot of harassment done in the name of dowry in our society. He stressed on the importance of creating awareness about the evils of dowry among our community.

Nasir Hussain, President of EIFF, speaking on the occasion, emphasised on the importance of education to uplift the community and eradication of dowry system from the society.

The members of EIFF displayed skits on the Importance of education and also eradication of dowry from the society which was well appreciated by the crowd.

The President of KIC, Abdul Razak thanked EIFF for conducting such a grand event and also for educating the crowd on these two burning topics in today’s society.

The event was concluded with a ‘signature campaign’ by all the participants. The unmarried bachelors also took an oath they would never accept dowry in their marriage.

The half day program started with the recitation of Quranic verses by Mohammad Ashir. Javed Ahmed welcomed the gathering. Shameem Ismail proposed vote of thanks.

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AIE plane crash: Two NRIs in UAE thank God for missing flight at last moment

Agencies

August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week.

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