Dammam: 1,500 NRIs take part in JF mega coastal festival-2018

Media Release
April 19, 2018

Dammam: The evening weather with stormy wind, rain and drizzling couldn’t change the mood and temperament of Jam’iyyatul Falah’s members who kept the preparation in full swing for “JF Mega Coastal Festival 2018”. It was a radiant and enjoyable social event organized by JF-Dammam Unit, the pioneer in organizing the NRI family get-together in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia since 1995.

“JF Mega Coastal Festival 2018” the annual event of JF Dammam Unit, which was recently held at Orchid Istirah in Dammam 91 Area under the theme “Our Community is Better Together”, marked the celebration of 30th glorious year. The gathering of 1500 participants with expatriate families mainly from the coastal belt of Karnataka joined together with their relatives and friends. The evening  was filled with fun and frolic, Quran recitation competition for children, Quiz competition for adult and games for children and adult with many more prizes and gifts on raffle was announced.

As promised, the event had given a wonderful opportunity to bring together the spirit of Mangalore to create an environment of Festival. Men, women and children had joined the festival of joy and excitement to discover the amazing native atmosphere of Mangalore. The event commenced with Quran recitation and its meaning by Mohammad Ishaq, and immediately followed the welcome speech by President Nizamuddin Shaikh. The event was planned, organized and executed under the supervision of event Chairman Rafiq Nariyar.

The entire evening was filled with various funs and exciting games like Musical Chair, Sack Race and spot games for boys & men was well organized by sports team. The games for children made them excited to play the different games and attractive prizes were presented to all the winners.

The dinner was the ‘Taste of the Evening’ which squeezed and jammed the crowd to taste the scrumptious and lip-smacking food catered by the famous Indian Restaurant “Golden Spoon” of Dammam. The mouth-watering Indian cuisine creates a center of attention to the crowd and enjoyed the yummy and delicious native taste.

The attractive Kiosk from Al Jufailah Corporation, the sole distributor of Al-Kabeer Frozen Products, had pulled the crowd with their appetizing aroma to taste the sample of their new products. And other Kiosk from different FMCG companies such as indomine, switz cakes, east tea, mazaya food and orlanda milk had offered lip-smacking food and beverages which attracted and pulled the crowd with their enticing aroma to taste the sample of their new products.

At the women’s section, children were cherished and enjoyed the fun with different types of games. The women’s organizing committee had skillfully managed the program and brilliantly implemented the games for adult & children and successfully accomplished the task provided to each volunteers. All the winners were presented with attractive prizes.

Jam’iyyatul Falah’s documentary film “PRAGATI” was displayed and the crowd fixed their eyes with full attention and applauded the wonderful activities carried by Jam’iyyatul Falah back-home.

The magnificent evening had witnessed the success of mega event and displayed the hard-work of the event’s working committee. Many dignitaries from different states attended the events and enjoyed the evening. In the early hours of dawn, thrilled spectators made a reluctant exit from the venue, thoroughly lost in the magical spell cast on them during an unforgettable night. Ameen Shaik proposed vote of thanks immediately after announcing the winner of super mega prizes.

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March 28,2024

An Indian expatriate, hailing from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, who was detained in Jeddah jail in an alleged cyber case, was set free recently. He is allowed to continue his work in the same company. 

The 49-year-old Mangalurean, has been working for a Maintenance company in Jeddah for more than 13 years. He is known for his efficiency and sincerity in the company with good experience in his field of work. 

His company usually assigned him on duty in Jeddah sea port to take the delivery of the goods consigned to his company. As a part of his duty, he normally takes pictures of the goods before the transportation. He did the same in February 2023 too. 

The security personnel informed the police about his act that amounts to be a violation of the port security rule. He was unaware of the rule as he was doing it normally in the port during the release of the goods. Since then, he was detained by the police on the charge of photographing inside the port premises. After more than 6 months detention, he was released and allowed to work in the same company. 

The detainee’s brother based in Jeddah was constantly pursuing the case.

P A Hameed Padubidri, a pro-bono NRI lawyer and social worker based in Riyadh, extended his socio-humanitarian help in this case upon the request of his family and relatives. 

He actively involved trying to set him free from the jail on humanitarian grounds with the coordination and help of the Consulate General of India (CGI) Jeddah. The CGI keenly followed up the case with the concerned Saudi authorities. He was released from the jail recently and shared his happiness with his family and thanked good samaritans. 

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