Engineer Omar Ahmed Khojaly, head of the Sudanese community in Sharjah and director of the Sudanese Social Centre, delivered a speech in which he thanked and appreciated Sheikh Salem bin Abdul Rahman Al Qasimi for sponsoring the center's annual ceremony.
The Counselor, Mortada Al-Zailai, Vice President of the Centre, then read the decision of the Executive Committee and the Sudanese community in the Emirate of Sharjah to choose the late engineer Hamad Abdullah Hamad as the person of the year for 2022.
Sheikh Salem bin Abdul Rahman Al Qasimi honoured a number of Sudanese innovators in various professional fields and presented a memorial shield to the family of the late Hamad Abdullah Hamad in recognition of his pioneering role and societal position.
The ceremony was attended by Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Consul General of the Republic of Sudan in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, the Chairman of the Sudanese Business Council in the Emirates, and a number of heads and members of Sudanese club councils.