{"id":1341,"date":"2016-12-06T11:46:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T11:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.com\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2016-12-06T11:46:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T11:46:29","slug":"worker-mocked-staring-gold-showered-gold-set-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2016\/12\/06\/worker-mocked-staring-gold-showered-gold-set-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker mocked for staring at gold showered with gold set, gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0heartwarming story of a worker\u00a0in Saudi Arabia is making headlines in the region – in a classic case of social media rallying for a good cause and making an impact.<\/p>\n

After a\u00a0Bangladeshi worker in Saudi was\u00a0mocked online, by a social media user,\u00a0for staring into a jewellery shop, local netizens rallied\u00a0in\u00a0his support – by\u00a0gifting him a gold set among other presents.<\/p>\n

Abdullah Al-Qahtani, a Saudi national who spoke to Al Arabiya News Channel, from the gold market in capital Riyadh said he had\u00a0managed to find the cleaner to give him his gifts.<\/p>\n

Identified as Nuzroul Abdulkareem,\u00a0his monthly salary was $187 (700 Saudi riyal; Dh687).<\/p>\n

“More money is being sent to Nuzroul,” Qahtani said, without specifying how much.<\/p>\n

In addition to bags of rice, smart\u00a0phones\u00a0and honey, Abdulkareem has so far received “return tickets to his home country, and two phones – an iPhone 7 and a Samsung Galaxy.”<\/p>\n

The social media user had\u00a0ridiculed him by saying:\u00a0“this man deserves to only look at rubbish,” after which local Twitterati reacted by\u00a0vowing to send him more gifts, including one user who said a gift of $533 would be given.<\/p>\n

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Reacting to this outpour of love and support, a humble Abdulkareem said he was ‘very thankful.’<\/a><\/p>\n

Qahtani lauded\u00a0him as a “hardworking worker”, who also\u00a0took\u00a0care of stray kittens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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