Mohamed Salah with students of Rashid Center for People of Determination in Dubai on Monday.

Jamil Khan, Senior Reporter

The legendary Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah visited the Rashid Center for People of Determination in Dubai on Monday and met the students and staff who were over the moon to see their idol among them.

Salah was received by Ahmed Hashim Khouri, Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations at Emirates Airlines for West Asia and the Indian Ocean, founder of the Rashid Center, Maryam Othman, General Manager, and a number of the center's students, teachers and department managers.

Mohamed Salah during his visit to the center appreciated the staff for their services including rehabilitation and education programmes for the different groups of students of determination.

Mohamed Salah, who is currently in Dubai to participate in the Dubai Super Cup 2022 tournament, toured all the center's departments and its various sections and was briefed on the rehabilitative and treatment programmes.

He also visited the music room, art & drama section and the halls of the sports center, and listened to an explanation about the methods of sports therapy offered to students.

He also followed a group of students’ activities in vocational training workshops such as agriculture, carpentry, embroidery, and others aimed at developing and refining their skills.

Mohamed Salah with Ahmed Hashim Khouri.

In this context, Salah expressed his happiness at the visit and the students' interaction with him, and showed them their sports skills.

On the other hand, the students of the Rashid Center for People of Determination expressed their happiness at the visit of the footballer by presenting him a set of exhibition boards that reflect their creative skills and talents in art and sports.

He also participated with them in a football match.

Ahmed Hashem Khouri expressed his appreciation for the visit of player  and the continuous support provided by sports stars to the center.

He said: "This visit reflects the positive effects that sport has on all segments of society, specifically people of determination, as sport is one of the most important ways that help people of determination overcome the challenges they face, and enable them to expand their perceptions and maintain their health and psychological structure."

Khoury said that the UAE has paid a lot of attention to the sports sector for people of determination, and has worked to sponsor them and develop their potential and capabilities in this field.

Maryam Othman, Director General of the Center, expressed her appreciation for Mohamed Salah's visit to the Rashid Center for People of Determination.

Se said: "This visit carried a lot of positive energy that the star Mohamed Salah brought among the people of the center who interacted with him, to highlight the amount of love that the people of the center have for the player, who was able to engrave his name in golden letters on the pages of international sports.

She praised Salah's interaction with the center's students, describing it as reflecting the originality of Arab societies without exception.