Dr.. Alaa Hadi Al Hattab
The Gulf people, especially the people of Kuwait, used to answer you with the word “Basraa” if you asked him about his condition and it was very good and fine.
The establishment of the Basra Gulf Championship 25 and the accompanying beautiful scenes, the beginning of which was the reception of the honorable people of Basra for their guests, the warm welcome and the courage of generosity that they showed, left an excellent impression on the arrivals to it, whether they were sports, administrative or press delegations, and what increased our Basraa “Basraa” meaning goodness, beauty and goodness Hawal, it is the beauty of the opening tournament and the accompanying artistic and aesthetic show and a very large public presence that greatly exceeded the capabilities of the stadium and the organizing parties.
If what happened and is still happening in Basra in terms of beauty, progress and good management indicates something, then it indicates beyond any doubt that the will, if available, makes the impossible possible. Services, tourism, security, economy and development will all be available quickly. Basra has succeeded so far in hosting the first tournament after the passage of forty years. A year has passed since the last tournament hosted by Iraq, with the wars, siege, terrorism, extremism and corruption that these lean years have endured. The political, administrative and social administration has confirmed that its availability makes impossible, not just services.
Yes, the presence of specialized foreign companies had a positive role in what has been achieved and will be achieved in various fields, and on the other hand there were mistakes, and the occurrence of those mistakes is inevitably unacceptable, but it may be justified because of all the repercussions of the past forty years with all that they carried with them, and these mistakes are supposed to be learned We will bypass them and not repeat them, because we have just set foot on the path of organizing sports tournaments and the many troubles, hardships and surprises that they bring.
Basra and what happened and is happening in it these days are all “Basra”, an experience that can be repeated in Baghdad and other provinces and the Kurdistan region if the political will is available for that.