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Saudi cleaner mocked for looking at jewellery – but has the last laugh

Saudi Arabians search for cleaner to show that Twitter can be a force for good

When a cleaner in Saudi Arabia was mocked online for looking at gold jewellery through a window, Saudi Arabians rallied to find him and buy him a present.

One social media user captured this image of the cleaner, who can be seen looking through the window of a jewellers, and posted it on social media with the caption: “His limit is to look at rubbish hahaha.”

 

But Saudis on Twitter disagreed

Upon seeing this image, many Saudis took to Twitter to not only vocalise their disagreement with the sentiment of the tweet, but to offer gifts to the man shown.

One social media user felt so strongly about the image that he requested help from those who could put him in touch with the worker so that he could buy him a particular present: a set of gold jewellery.

View image on Twitter

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انسانيات @ensaneyat

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
ارجو ممن يعرف هذا العامل ان يتواصل معي.
فله طقم ذهب مجاناً .

4:27 PM – 3 Dec 2016

Translation: Peace and blessings upon you all, I urge those who know this worker to get in touch with me. I have a free set of gold jewellery for him. 

As this request was picked up and shared, the cleaner was located as working in a market in the Saudi city of Riyadh, and he has since been presented with the very items he had been pictured looking at.

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تركي الدعجم @turkialdajam

اللهم لك الحمد والشكر والف شكر لمن قدّم الخير https://twitter.com/ensaneyat/status/805161444228628481 …

11:26 AM – 4 Dec 2016

Translation: Thank God and many thanks to those who helped do good.

And it didn’t stop there

As the initial picture was shared more widely, Saudis began offering other presents and sums of money to the worker.

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ماجد السبيعي @Majed000d

@ensaneyat @Abu_faheed
وله من عندي طقم ذهب و الخاص مفتوح اي احد يعرف عنه يتفضل خاص وبيض الله وجيهكم

5:40 PM – 3 Dec 2016

Translation: And I have a gold jewellery set for him. My messages are open if anyone knows him please get in contact and make your efforts and deeds pure.

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رمزي الغامدي @ramzi_333

@ensaneyat @hzma7 وانا مني 500 ريال للعامل في حالة التوصل اليه ارجو التواصل معي ع الخاص

5:24 PM – 3 Dec 2016

Translation: And I have 500 riyal for the worker. If you have managed to reach him, please contact me.

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أحمد محمد الطويان @altowayan

وله مني هدية .. الله يعزه ويرفع قدره https://twitter.com/ensaneyat/status/805161444228628481 …

4:35 AM – 4 Dec 2016

Translation: And he has a present from me… God comfort and lift him.

Saudis may have just proven that social media can be a force for good.

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