Riyadh: KMYA’s ‘Daawath’ turns into a ‘Karavali festival’

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April 20, 2016

Riyadh: ‘Daawath’, a family get-together organised by the Katipalla Muslim Youth Association, brought together the spirit of Dakshina Kannada creating an environment of ‘Karavali’ festival in the capital of Saudi Arabia.

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The event saw around 1,500 participants with expatriate families from different back grounds joined together with their relatives and friends. The pleasant weather in a newly built resort covered with the greenery contributed to joy.

The celebration commenced with the recitation of the Quranic verses by Mohammed Jasim Bashir. Prof. Mohammed Haroon, former principal of Anjuman College, Bhatkal, Mr. Rajesh Kumar, president of KWAR, Mr. Muzaffer, President of Jamiathul Falah, Riyadh, Mr. Abdul Aziz Bankal, President of DKMO and Hanif Bardila, president of Salafi Movement Riyadh addressed the gathering.

Mr. Ashraf Talapady, Deputy General Manager of LuLu, Mr. Abdullah Al Suwailem from Lulu, Mr.Mohammed Sadiq, CEO of SAMACOM, Mr. Abdul lathif, CEO of Universal, Mr. Zeeshan Ali representative of Expertise, KMYA Damam vice president Mr. Nazeer Gulam and former president Mr. Khalid Hamza were among the guests of the evening.

Mr.Parvezali, president of KMYA welcomed the guests. Young hafiz mohammed Jasim Bashir was felicitated by Mr. Ashraf Talapady and Mr. Abdullah Suwailem, Mr.Zeeshan Ali on behalf of young hafiz of Mangaluru Aayesh Asif Karinire received the memento.

The food court was a special attraction. The participants enjoyed different kinds of snacks like fried peanut, masala cucmber, fresh jalebi, samoosa, fried chicken items, Arabic coffee, tea , coffee, fresh juices , variety of fruits, igloo ice cream, Mangaluru payasa etc. The dinner food court at the event was filled with the aroma of scrumptious dinner prepared on the spot by the Mangalurean cuisine chef team. The crowd enjoyed the delightful Mangaluru cuisine.

Qira’t competition, quiz, games were the few of the events held at the women section. A short Islamic lecture was also presented in the women section. Gifts and prizes were presented to the winners.

An award of respect was given to the senior-most citizen from Mangaluru, who spent 38 years in Saudi Arabia. The entire evening was filled with fun and entertainment like traditional duff, kolu kali, Beary and Malayalam songs, children’s group songs, quiz and tug-of-war competition.

More than 50 KMYA volunteers actively worked under the leadership of Mr.Sulaiman Abdul Rahman for the success of the event. Abdul Aziz PS, Ameeruddin Hasan, Haneef PM, AbdulJabbar, TA Khader, Saif Mahin, Ashfak Ahmed, Shabeer AK, Hussain Shafi were among the KMYA executive members who made a tremendous contribution towards the event.

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Comments

Sulaiman Katipalla
 - 
Sunday, 24 Apr 2016

Well said Mr.Sahul Riyadh, Get together concept was started JF through Mr.Parvez Ali KATIPALLA (founder member of JF), who at that time was President of KMYA KATIPALLA.
Proud to mention that he was also the first President of KMYA Riyadh.

President KMYA…
 - 
Sunday, 24 Apr 2016

@well wisher Riyadh.
Thanks for your above comment.
In sha Allah we will definetly avoid such things in our future events.

Well Wisher
 - 
Saturday, 23 Apr 2016

It was well organized except the Magician show and filipino shows. you are doing it as good deed for god sake then why are you adding the bad deeds to it.

Pma HAMEED
 - 
Thursday, 21 Apr 2016

Masha ALLAH,
Very nice Programm

Congratulations to Mr.Pervez (President) and Mr.Sulaiman (Former President) and All the Kmya Brothers for the tremendos efforts
in success of this event
May ALLAH Subhana huwattala bless our Kmya Katipalla and all our Patronisers.

Pma HAMEED

Muzaffar Ali
 - 
Thursday, 21 Apr 2016

Congratulation.
President and All the members of KMYA.
May Almighty bless you all for your good deeds

Shahul
 - 
Thursday, 21 Apr 2016

The Get together concept started by JF in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. JF is very happy most of the organization benefited from this concept.
All the best to KMYA.

Akbar ali Bantwal
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016

Let all the local organisations in riyadh learn how to organise a get together.kmya is a role model.

Zubair Katipalla
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016

\KMYA is witness for unity is strength\""

Prof. MohammedHaroon
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Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016

.congratulations to Mr Parveez Ali and his team members. Splendid performance in organising the Function quite systematically. Organisers efforts praise worthy and deserves all appreciation.

K.Abdul Rahim
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016

Well Organized Event by KMYA Team Riyadh & well leadership of this program Mr. Parvez Ali. Keep it up guys. May Allah bless all the members and reward your good deeds, Ameen...

S.M.Salih
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016

Well organized event by KMYA under the leadership of Mr.Parvez Ali. The social work of KMYA is really commendable. Mr. Parvez Ali is a great social worker he is helping the poor people irrespective of caste and religion under different organization. Leadership and unity among the members counts the success of any events. KMYA continue your good work. May Allah bless all the members and reward your good deeds.Ameen

Rajesh Kumar
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016

Well organized event by KMYA under the leadership of Mr. Parvez Ali. Overall a good program and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks for inviting.

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IOC Presidents, Mohammed Mansour - Bahrain, Abdullah Manjeri - Saudi Arabia, Dr J Ratan kunar - Oman and Girish kumar - Qatar, highlighted the quality treatment of patients and finacial aid provided by governments and other authorities. Bahrain IOC president Mansour , also  apprised about the 'Food for Needy' drive in Association with KHK Heroes foundation, initiated by HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and quality treatments as well as financial aid to local and expat residents.

Anura Mathai, IOC  Global Event Coordinator, spoke about certain problems of Indians in the UAE. IOC Middle East Convener, Mansoor Palloor, emphasised and requested IOC Chairman to urge Indian government to arrange immediate repatriation of indians stranded in Gulf countries. AICC Secretary, Himanshu Vyas, IOC Secretary Dr Arathi Krishna, Dr Arshi Malik (Abha), Mohiuddin Sirajudeen (Jeddah), Advocate Joseph Palathara (Dammam) Prasad Kodru, Jayati Maitra Ziyad Ahmed (Qatar) and Khursheed Alam (Gen Secretary- Bahrain) also apprised the participants about various issues relevant to the pandemic and suggested further initiatives to be undertaken. 

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: An elderly cardiac patient from Dakshina Kannada, who was stranded in Saudi Arabia due to covid-19 lock-down, has finally reached his homeland thanks to the timely intervention by Humanity Forum Jubail and Indian Social Forum.

The elderly man hailing from Kadaba area of Dakshina Kannada was admitted to a hospital in Madinah. However, his condition continued to worsen due to lack of proper treatment. The efforts by his family members to bring him back home had not yielded results.

Meanwhile, one of the relatives of the patient, Ansari Suratkal, who happens to be a DKSC activist, brought the issue to the notice of the Karnataka unit of the Indian Social Forum in Dammam. ISF contacted Humanity Forum president Zakariya Jokatte, who helped the patient to speak directly union minister D V Sadananda Gowda in a video conference organised by coastaldigest.com.

Humanity Forum also persuaded the Indian Embassy to allow the stranded cardiac patient to fly back to India through Dammam-Bengaluru repatriation flight on May 20. 

However, it was not easy for the patient to travel from Madinah to Dammam International Airport due to lock-down and curfew. ISF not only obtained travel permission for him but also arranged vehicle. Jeddah and Riyadh units of ISF helped in obtaining permission letter in their respective places in spite of travel ban imposed by the police. Madinah unit of ISF arranged vehicle for transportation. Zakariya Jokatte bore the air ticket and other expenses of the patient.

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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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