Mohammed Al Tayer…a young man’s tragedy and a family’s tragedy

The sun of January 3 did not rise on Mohammed Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer, who disappeared shortly before sunrise. It was a bloody dawn on Al Khail Road, and a tragedy in his family’s home in Nad Al Sheba. And in between, the life of a 22-year-old young man suddenly ended on long asphalt roads, rushing… Death there, without mercy, takes with it daily children and youth, and young dreams.

The scene was desert, filled with cool breezes and some dew, last Monday, when Muhammad was driving his car on the road, and a truck in front of him swerved from one lane to another suddenly, and he was unable to correct it, and he collided with force more than the body of a young man could bear, and he died, leaving an open house for pain. Before the crowds of mourners, full of tears and sadness, before words of lamentation and regret.

Mohammed Al Tayer, who loved skydiving in the vast sky, passed away following a traffic accident on dry land, and left behind his family, friends, and everyone who knew him many memories and pictures, these from school, those with family, and a third with friends, the last of which was his picture last October 30. As he stood, smiling, among his brothers, at the wedding of his brothers Khaled and Hamid, and around him was his family and his father’s friends, including the sheikhs, officials, and social figures of the Emirates. At that time, the moment was filled with joy and happiness, and had it not been for the bitter absence, the family would have been on a date soon with Muhammad’s wedding.

Just as life has an enchanting rhythm, death also has a powerful presence in homes wounded by the passing of a loved one. Fathers have deep heartbreaks, mothers have endless heartbreak, and sisters and brothers have a pain in the soul for those who are absent. Two months after the wedding of my brother Muhammad, the scene was more different and cruel in the Al Tayer family home, which in recent days seemed like a large gathering for solidarity and healing of wounds, as the Emirates attended with its authentic values. In a solemn condolence, she gathered her elders, old and young around the grieving family, in order for death to be less traumatic, and in order for grief to be a loyalty to the departed, without an end to the living.

His father, the Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre, Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer, stood and received condolences as he remembered that Mohammed had returned, a few days ago, from the United States, where he was studying at university in economics and business, to spend a short vacation with his family in Dubai. All the pictures pass through the father’s memory, as life decrees that the pictures live longer than their owners.

Muhammad lived a university life full of vitality and enthusiasm, according to his cousin and friend Humaid Tariq Al Tayer, who described him as being sociable, popular, and close to his colleagues and teachers. He always sought to expand his circle of acquaintances, taking advantage of his friendly personality, humility, and simple, spontaneous personality.

Muhammad was waiting for the vacation to end in order to return to continuing the last months of his studies. He was in the final semester of it, and he was due to graduate, after a few months. He dreamed of finishing it, without delay, and returning to the Emirates. He persevered with his lessons, as he was able to raise His academic achievement has reached advanced levels since last year, with the hope of achieving a high grade point average in the final graduation semester…next summer.

Muhammad may have had many discussions with his father and mother, and his brothers Khaled, Rashid, Hameed and Abdullah about the graduation ceremony and who would be present at it, and the image of him wearing the graduation uniform, ascending to the podium to receive his diploma, and waving proudly to his family, with a tearful smile of joy, recorded by the cameras, came to his mind. Yes, a future that was doomed by a tragedy that ended the life of a young man and led to the bereavement of a family.