Hydra chief to accompany Obama’s grandmother on Hajj

HAJJ TRIP: Sulaiman Al Fahim (right) invited Mama Sarah on his family's Hajj pilgrimage during a UN trip to Kenya, where he was accompanied by Remigo Maradona (left), brother of the Argentinean soccer legend.

Property tycoon Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim is to accompany Barack Obama’s grandmother Mama Sarah to Makkah this year for the Hajj, Arabian Business can reveal.

Hydra Properties CEO Al Fahim – now also working as a UN Ambassador – met Obama’s grandmother during a trip to Kenya last week.

Al Fahim was in the country to help combat the spread of malnutrition, as part of his UN role.

“I found out that she had not been to the Haj, and that she very much wants to go. As my own mother is no longer with us, our family has a spare place, so I invited her and she has accepted. I’m very much looking forward to it,” he said.

Al Fahim was touring Kenya with Remigo Maradona, brother of the Argentinean soccer legend, to launch an anti-malnutrition campaign in the region.

He has just been appointed full UN Ambassadorial status.

“It’s something I’m going to be doing a lot more of. I have been very fortunate with my own career and business, and I feel it is time to give something back and try and do something for those less fortunate," Al Fahim added.

"We are planning several more trips to Africa, and hopefully we will  soon announce the building of a soccer training camp for underprivileged children," he said.

UN officials are already making travel arrangements for Obama’s grandmother to visit Mecca with Al Fahim later this year.

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Hydra CEO
Posted by Mohamed, AD, UAE on Tuesday 12 May 2009 at 14:59 UAE time


I am fasinated that while I have spent over a half a million on a town house that is not even built and in a project that has been run by clowns, that the CEO of the company is everywhere talking about his success.
Not one project of Hydra has started on time, not one project is even close to be completed. And this guy wrote a book and is imitating Donald Trump.

Stop advertizing everywhere, I dont want to see ur picture, I want a completed villa done in a nice way and not like that the matchbox houses people are expecting.

Dont generalise please!
Posted by Mark DD, Dubai, UAE on Wednesday 29 April 2009 at 13:09 UAE time


dear Misha

I am sick and tired of people like you calling hard working honest investors greedy!! how dare you!

I invested for teh long term and now this is all a mess! So I am greedy am I for wanting a home for my family!

I am not one of those short term investors so dont coat us all with the same brush

Saying we have ourselves to blame speaks volumes for the AD market

A Common Thread...
Posted by Nathan, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Tuesday 28 April 2009 at 14:03 UAE time


I really hope someone in Hydra Properties is taking note of a common thread running through all of these comments....

A very true quote is simply: "The best customer is a repeat customer." How can a company such as Hydra Properties expect to prosper when it's existing clients are wishing they never heard of Hydra Properties? Not to mention the damage this would be causing future clients considering investing their hard earned cash on any future projects...

It is a real shame that a good deed such as this is overshadowed by such blatant customer dissatisfaction.

Billboard
Posted by Asim on Tuesday 28 April 2009 at 12:46 UAE time


Now; Al Fahim Photo’s will be all over Africa, and he is planning to have one next to the White House. I am still thinking of this “It’s something I’m going to be doing a lot more of. I have been very fortunate with my own career and business, and I feel it is time to give something back and try and do something for those less fortunate," WOW

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