Shabbat Abu Muhammad: The Council for the Elderly in Riyadh Away from Smart Devices

Al-Marsad Newspaper: Al-Ikhbariya TV showed a council for the elderly in Riyadh known as “Shabbat Abu Muhammad”, in which men gather away from smart devices and spend their day between poetry and coffee.

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“Abu Muhammad,” who is the owner of the council, explained during the report that the “shab” continues from the life of the desert, and by it he means the likeness of fire, and it was widespread in the old days before people knew electricity, and the young man is the one who prepares the firewood and the auctioneer and brings the starch and the enthusiasm.

Abu Muhammad pointed out that al-Najr and al-Mahamas disappeared because people were accustomed to the windmills.

come on live

During the report, Abu Muhammad appeared, and the men around him in the council raising coffee cups, and telling them, “Come on, greet.” According to “Abu Muhammad”, this sentence is considered one of their basic rules in greeting, to the point that if you are greeted, they criticize you.

As the report showed, the men exchanged poems and responded to each other by reciting verses from pre-Islamic and contemporary poetry.

Rules and prohibitions

Abu Muhammad pointed to the rules and prohibitions of the “album council”, saying: “The mobile phone is forbidden to us, what we use and whoever uses the mobile in the council they criticize, and if someone rings on the mobile phone, the response will be mild,” explaining that backbiting and gossip in their council are also prohibited.