HIBAPRESS – Mohammed Manfalouti
A believer rejoices at the joy of his believing brother and grieves at his sorrow, such are the characteristics, teachings, and values of our Islamic religion. This is what our noble Messenger, may God's blessings be upon him, instructed us, as he said: "By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, none of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself of good."
The joy here lies in Morocco's success in organizing the continental edition of the African Cup of Nations. What increased the joy and triumph was the resilience of the football stadiums hosting this African and global sporting event in the face of the incessant rain throughout the matches, which created a wide debate on social media platforms. Everyone is asking, inquiring, and searching for the secret of resilience, and what techniques were used in draining the flowing water.
While many from the vast football audience are looking for the secret of success, the "Kaberanates" media came out to organize seminars and meetings and promote lies and fallacies, trying to paint dark pictures, adopting the logic of hatred, envy, and below-the-belt tactics, calling day and night for the failure of this continental football celebration and passing images and videos with "Photoshop" techniques…
But their malicious intentions were soon revealed, and the response and statement came from a large audience of "Khawa Khawa," singing anthems of Arabism, good hospitality, and generosity shown by the Moroccans, who received them with dates, milk, and sweets in the streets and in front of "tramway" stations and hotels…
On the sidelines of the stadiums and before the eyes of the world, organizers appeared embracing the Algerian flag out of respect and appreciation for the sovereignty of countries, unlike what others did who do not respect the sanctity of homes…
In the streets, a large audience of the "Khawa Khawa" fans came out in video clips, thanking Morocco, leadership, and people, for their good management, administration, and organization, and for the robustness of the infrastructure of stadiums, hotels, roads, facilities, train stations, and airports…
It is the resilience of Moroccan stadiums in the face of heavy rainfall, as no match was postponed, nor was another canceled, while the eyes of the haters are waiting for the failure of this African edition, and even its "Kaberanates" are tracking mistakes and looking for slips… How strange.
Yes, everyone from the lovers of the beloved round ball, along with FIFA and CAF officials, were amazed by the splendor of the scenes and the creativity of the opening ceremony, and the solidity of the stadiums' resilience, asking about the secret of this perfect system by which the stadium grass was planted, and how it was able, with amazing and unprecedented success, to drain rainwater with advanced and specialized turbines for pumping water through drainage channels instead of turning the stadium pitches into floating lakes…
The important thing is bravo to the men and women of Morocco… Bravo to the Royal Institution, which, whenever it supervises and takes charge of any project, it reaches the summit and achieves titles…
