The activist dedicated his time to globally promoting the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Social media users in Qatar have been expressing their condolences to the friends and family of Qatari travel blogger Ali bin Mohammed Al Marri who was commonly known as “Hasayf the traveler” after news of his passing broke on Sunday.
Al Marri had days earlier been admitted to Hamad General Hospital but sadly died due to an undisclosed illness.
Qatari social media figure Abdullah AlGhafri, also know as QQQ, was among the first to express his grief. #RIP_Hasayf trended in Arabic on Qatari Twitter as a flood of condolences for Al Marri poured in following the news of his death.
اللهم اغفر لصاحب القلب الأبيض
المحبوب لدى الجميع 💔
اخوي علي محمد آل عديل (حسايف)
الله يغفرلك قبل كم يوم قاعدين ومتجمعين ونسولف والكل يبتسم ويضحك بوجودك اللي يثري المكان! والله خبر موجع الله يرحمك
لاحول ولا قوة إلا بالله
الله يصبر أهلك وربعك على فراقك
اللهم اسكنه الفردوس pic.twitter.com/RG95vSBvuc— QQQ | الغافري (@itsQQQ) November 21, 2021
Prior to his sickness, Al Marri toured three different continents in his car to promote the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
The Qatari activist was on a mission to showcase what he described as his country’s great achievement in being the first Middle Eastern nation to win the bid to host the global sporting event.
On Monday, dozens gathered to the Mesaimeer Cemetery to attend his funeral.
https://twitter.com/NadeebQa/status/1462769068172271617
Twitter users shared videos of Al Marri and his famous car which was decorated with a map of all the countries he planned to visit.
His car also featured a slogan saying “Only cowards refuse to resist.”
الرحالة القطري علي محمد المري يطوف العالم بسيارته رافعا شعار نراكم في كأس العالم #قطر_2022 "#الوعد_2022" pic.twitter.com/Lj4OVk7t5p
— نبيل الجماعي (@nabeelAljamaey) August 3, 2019
In a previous video posted online, Al Marri shared his story with his followers, saying he started his journey from Qatar after Eid al-Fitr earlier in June, and headed from there to Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey.
He traveled through Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania and Russia. He then headed to Poland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands.
The Qatari traveller also had Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal on his checklist for Europe.
He also had planned to visit Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, among other African nations. His last destination was South Africa before he returned to his home country where he eventually passed away.