Kuwait-SME/ Abdullah Al-Harazi
Haido..Haido our camel Haido..Haido lovely camel…. A Kuwaiti phrase that echoed before qualifying for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, and even became a Gulf (trend) sung by all the people of the region and the people of Kuwait who are indescribably fond of football.
The Kuwaiti chant that sings about the virtues and qualities of the Arabian camel was considered the best among the songs that accompanied football in the Arabian Gulf region for five decades.
And here we are on the verge of Kuwait hosting the 24th Gulf Zain Football Championship, the Kuwaiti camel has returned to the forefront with force and has shaken off all the fatigue that has accompanied the Kuwaiti sports journey for some time, to be the mascot of the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup Championship, which kicks off on December 21 at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium and concludes in the same stadium on January 3, 2025.
A slogan for them
Because the Kuwaiti audience in particular and the dear Kuwaiti people in general love this song that they sang and repeated in the eighties of the last century, it has become a slogan for them to encourage the Blues, which is the nickname of the Kuwaiti national football team, and a daily song for them even on their special occasions and in their friendly conversations, and it has become on the tongue of every young and old man and woman, and in all their gatherings and joys to confirm once again the return of the Blues from afar to the championship that they love and are dear to their hearts very much and the sole leader of it with ten titles.
From Spain to Kuwait
And from Spain to Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwaiti and Gulf football fans are waiting for the Kuwaiti Blues to present strong matches and for luck to be on their side and for them to reach the final match with their veteran Argentine coach Juan Pizzi.
The song “Haido” is the most popular in Kuwait and is considered the main charger for players and fans because it brings back to them the scent and memories of Kuwaiti football glory during their golden age, which was written and written by great stars, including: Jassim Yaqoub, Faisal Al-Dakhil, Abdulaziz Al-Anbari, Saad Al-Houti and Fathi Kamil. In short, the song “Haido”, whose lyrics were written by poet Abdul Latif Al-Bannai, composed by Youssef Al-Mahna and sung by Abdul Karim Abdul Qader, Abdul Mohsen Al-Mahna and Ghraid Al-Shatea, will have a terrifying impact at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in front of the Gulf teams and will confirm the return of the fighting spirit of the blue jersey that terrified opponents in the Gulf, Arab and international arenas. The Blue team won the Asian Cup in 1980 and qualified for the World Cup in 1982, and other occasions it achieved and participated in have become in its bright record a beacon for the current stars in the Kuwaiti national team.
New Zealand is the reason
Because of New Zealand, the idea of the camel appeared after the Blue players suffered from the attack of the New Zealand media during the qualifiers for the World Cup in Spain 1982, where the Blues played in the group of New Zealand, China and Saudi Arabia, and the media was surprised at that at the time, from a team coming from the desert to win over them, so the response came to them in Kuwait in the second leg match with a draw
2-2, where four camels were paraded on the track of Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium in Al-Qadisiyah Club before the match against New Zealand, where the camel and its song Haidoo became an important proverb engraved in the memory of Kuwaitis, as we will hear the echo of the Haidoo song in the stands of Jaber Al-Ahmad International, swaying them right and left as if they were on a camel litter, happy with what their country’s team is offering.
