Young Emirati philanthropist and racer Hamda Taryam passes away

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Emirati philanthropist and racer Hamda Taryam passed away in the wee hours of Saturday.

Hamda’s funeral took place on Saturday evening at the Al-Sahaba Mosque in the Emirate of Sharjah.

The family will accept condolences in the Wasit Suburb Council for men, and for the women at the house of her father, Taryam Matar Taryam, in the Al-Juraina One area, behind the Al-Juraina stores.

The 24-year-old, who started racing as a teenager, shot to fame as the star of the Netflix show 'The Fastest.'

Hamda Taryam imbibed goodness from the UAE’s founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who made goodness a symbol of the land of the emirates of humanity and compassion, so she grew up with the idea of offering it, and striving to help the poor, the needy, and the sick, and she continued to search for those in need.

Hamda Taryam poses for a photograph.

There are many charitable works, including digging a well in her mother’s name in the poor village of Msaka in Uganda, whose people suffer from lack of education, treatment, food and drink water, in addition to opening a classroom in her father’s name in recognition of his kindness and constant support for her.

Then she established a medical center in her name in the village of Msaka as well.

Close friends and family of Hamda said that her legacy would remain forever.

In 2021, Hamda spoke to Gulf Today and said, “Philanthropy is an intrinsic trait of the Emirati people, and an approach we follow, and for me, doing goodness is my main goal, and I work on translating it into reality through various deeds. My ideal is the founding father the late Sheikh Zayed, my father and my mother, as well as my late uncle Dr. Abdullah Omran Taryam, who was one of the most charitable leaders.

"My parents have been urging us since childhood to help people as much as possible. From here, I wanted to offer something to them, in appreciation and recognition of their role in our upbringing and to make them take pride in their daughter. I opened a classroom, which is named after my father, and dug a well that is named after my mother while the medical centre is named after me," said Hamda.

Children hold a banner thanking Hamda Taryam for setting up a classroom for them.

"All these were established from my personal expenditure, which I save from my monthly expenses and my salary from my work in the Industrial Innovation Group. I started developing those projects two years ago, and the total value has reached Dhs737,000 so far, including the value of the land and the medical equipment, excluding other monthly costs such as salaries, medicines, and food for orphaned children.”

The medical centre’s establishment took a year. It consists of 8 main rooms, including a reception room, two maternity rooms, a laboratory, a doctor’s room, a pharmacy, and a clinical room.