World celebrates Saudi National Day
DUBAI: From Dubai to Beirut to New York and Washington, D.C., Saudi
National Day was celebrated outside of the Kingdom on Sunday as a show
of patriotism by Saudis abroad and as a sign of friendship by countries
around the world.
The Dubai airline operated a special one-off A380 service, known as EK
813 and EK 814, on Sunday to the capital city of Riyadh, touching down
at King Khalid International Airport at 3:30 p.m. The return flight was
scheduled to depart at 6:50 p.m.
A YouTube video from Emirates also showed crew handing out scarves
embroidered with the countries’ flags, as well as white roses, to
passengers while boarding the A380 aircraft.
The Burj Khalifa was illuminated with the Saudi flag last night, while
the Nasdaq Tower’s electronic billboard in New York’s Times Square was
lit up with photos of King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and
the flags of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The images were posted by Nasdaq Dubai, the UAE-based operation of the
New York equities exchange, on Twitter with the message: “Best wishes
from #NasdaqDubai to #SaudiArabia on the occasion of the 88th National
Day.”
In Lebanon, Pigeons’ Rock, also known as the Rock of Raouché, located in
the sea of the western capital of Beirut, was lit in the colors of the
Saudi flag. The rock, one of the most important Lebanese monuments, was
lit during a ceremony attended by the charge d'affaires of Saudi Arabia,
Waleed bin Abdullah Bukhari, along with a crowd of dignitaries,
including the Mayor of Beirut.
In Washington, the Saudi embassy’s National Day bus toured around the
capital on the weekend inviting people to its celebrations on Sunday in
National Harbor, Maryland.
In the UAE’s capital, the General Command of Abu Dhabi Police decorated
88 of their cars - one for every year being celebrated – with the flags
of Saudi Arabia and the UAE and the words “Together Forever.”
The UAE’s airlines got in on the game. Emirates operated a special
one-off A380 service on the routes EK 813 and EK 814 on Sunday to the
capital city of Riyadh, touching down at King Khalid International
Airport at 3:30pm. Crew handed out scarves emblazoned with the
countries’ flags, as well as white roses, to passengers boarding the
aircraft.pic.twitter.com/U36yYpxE8T
Etihad said it was using the only Saudi A380 pilot in the world, Wesam
Sameer Al Najjar, to fly its Year of Zayed plane to Jeddah with the
UAE’s Captain Ahmed Almalood.
In the UAE, children at some schools dressed in green and sang the
anthems of both countries, carrying both of their flags. In the evening,
there was a Saudi National Day celebration at La Mer beachfront in
Dubai that featured a supercar parade, traditional Saudi dancers and, of
course, fireworks.
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