Khaleej Times

Israeli fan will take home ‘magical memories’ from Qatar

- Rituraj Borkakoty in Doha rituraj@khaleejtim­es.com

Sam has never been big into football, but he loves the World Cup. This young Israeli man believes no other event can bring people together quite like the football World Cup.

“It was a very spontaneou­s decision to come to Qatar for the World Cup. I organised this trip with my sister, Sana. And we wanted to see Brazil in a World Cup,” Sam told this reporter. As he mingled with three fans from the Philippine­s, happily taking pictures with them, Sam praised Qatar for wonderfull­y organising the World Cup.

“It’s amazing. Actually, it’s very impressive, how they made it in a very short time,” he said.

“And this is my first time. I never imagined that I would visit this country, and now here we are, having such a nice time.”

Sam, who has earned a celebrity status on social media in Israel for his work as an artist, says he will bring back a lot of wonderful memories from Qatar.

“I will bring back very unique memories because this is our first time that we have experience­d a World Cup,” he said.

“It’s so wonderful to meet so many people here, seeing people sing and dance and asking for pictures. This party of soccer has brought people together. And that’s amazing.”

 ?? ?? Sam (left) and Sana with Filipino fans Shine, Nachi and Saffra who support Brazil. — photo by rituraj borkakoty
Sam (left) and Sana with Filipino fans Shine, Nachi and Saffra who support Brazil. — photo by rituraj borkakoty

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