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29 March 2024

Saudi island mourns death of centenarian imam

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A tiny Saudi island village is mourning the death of its oldest inhabitant, who was more than 100 years old and was the imam (head) of its mosque for most of his life, the Saudi Arabic language daily Alyoum reported on Monday.

Sheikh Yousuf bin Hamad Al Dhawadi, who was blind, died of old age at his home on Dareen Island off the eastern coast of the kingdom, the paper said.

“The whole village is sad and mourning his death,” the paper said. “Residents described him as a man with blind eyes but with insightful heart. He spent most of his life at the mosque, memorised the Holy Quran and preached to the villagers. He has never been absent from the mosque.”