Shaikh Abdullah Foad
From a friend to all Armacons, Ali Al-Baluchi, comes word of the recent passing of Shaikh Abdullah Foad-known as "Abu Foad" to his countless friends. Old-timers among our readership may well remember Abu Foad, who joined the company as a telephone operator in the '30s before leaving to start his own business.
At the 2000 KSA Expat reunion, Abu Foad conducted a tour of his amusement center in the Foad Center in Al-Khobar for a select group of annuitants. He also hosted that year a big dinner at the Dammam Sheraton Hotel for all visiting annuitants and their families.
"He always told me whenever he saw me," Ali Baluchi writes, " 'I love to do anything for Aramco old-timers. Please let me know when they come to our beloved country again.' "
Ali invited Shaikh Abdullah to attend the welcoming dinner sponsored by Saudi Aramco and its President and CEO, Khalid Al-Falih, at the most recent Expat reunion held in March of this year. Unfortunately, his driver failed to find the company's Executive Beach location. The next time he and Ali met, Abu Foad told Al-Baluchi,. "I don't want to miss any occasion again," to which Ali replied, "If God is willing, the next reunion is planned for March 2019. "Alhamdulillah," Abu Foad responded.
As Ali Al-Baluchi writes, "Abdullah will be missed by many friends, by needy friends and by many charities. God bless his soul."