Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Raghad, daughter of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, commented on the opening ceremony of football’s ’25th Arabian Gulf Cup’, which took place at the Sports City Stadium in Basra, Iraq, Friday evening.
Raghad posted a video of the inauguration ceremony on his Twitter page, saying in a comment, “O generous Iraqis, do not let their threadbare tent, the tent of the occupier, change your characteristics and habits. How you are and do not letting the pressures of life change you if not for the better.
And Saddam Hussein’s daughter had said in an earlier tweet that the phrase “Afia and Afiatain” was used by the former Iraqi president to tell them.
The Arab Gulf Cup will be held in its twenty-fifth edition in the city of Basra, from 6 to 19 January.
8 teams participate in the tournament, divided into two groups, the first includes: Iraq, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia, while the second is made up of: Qatar, Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait.
