Meet the man who has been participating in the Gulf News Fun Drive for 24 years

Khalid Al Matrooshi says that the Gulf News Fun Drive is in his blood. Read all about his on gulfnews.com

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00:00My name is Khaled Al Matroushi. I am from Sharjah.

00:07I joined Fana Drive in 1995 with my group.

00:14This year I will be joining Fana Drive for the 24th year.

00:20Fana Drive has become a habit for me.

00:25I can't live without Fana Drive for the past 24 years.

00:30I have a lot of stories in Fana Drive.

00:34I can't live without Fana Drive for the past 24 years.

00:39I feel that the organizers here are part of my family.

00:44I know almost all of them, including Marshal.

00:48I have a lot of stories.

00:52One of the stories is that I had a surgery.

00:56I left the hospital on Thursday.

00:59On Friday, the next day I joined Fana Drive.

01:03Ms. Naheed knew that I was leaving the hospital.

01:08She insisted that I don't join Fana Drive because she was afraid of me.

01:12She didn't agree until I brought her a letter from the hospital

01:15asking me to join Fana Drive.

01:17I joined Fana Drive two weeks later.

01:21She called me more than five times while I was in the middle of the desert.

01:26When she saw me, she was scared.

01:30I saw her in the camp at night.

01:35When she saw me, she was afraid of me.

01:39She grabbed me and said,

01:41Khaled, there is something wrong with you. Come to the hospital.

01:44I felt that she was like my mother.

01:48Fana Drive is organized.

01:53I organize events like this one for Gulf News.

02:01I congratulate them because it is an experience.

02:09I joined Fana Drive 24 years ago.

02:12I don't know how many years ago.

02:14It was in the middle of 1935.

02:19Whoever organizes this event should be applauded.