How Saudi Arabia won Obama’s grandmother Hajj auction!

1st bid

Dubai Busi­ness­man Sulaiman Abdul Kareem Al-Fahim — Al-Fahim’s vis­ited Obama’s grand­mother house in the area Kogelo — Kenya, she wel­comed his idea “Mama Sarah” to per­form the duties of the pil­grim­age in Mecca with one con­di­tion: “to be accom­pa­nied by her son “Obama’s uncle”. — - — CNN — Ara­bic — 29/05/09

2nd Bid

Anony­mous Egypt­ian Busi­ness­man offered to accom­pany Obama’s grand­mother to Mecca for Hajj, after vis­it­ing Egypt first.

unsuc­cess­ful bid — almasry-alyoum con­tacted the fam­ily Obama in Kenya and asked Obama’s uncle if his mother “Obama’s grand­mother” is going to Hajj or not, he answered:

We are still in Kenya, we could not get a visa to enter the Holy Land (Saudi Ara­bia), also “Mama Sarah” is suf­fer­ing from some rheumatic pain in her left leg after a visit to the Egypt­ian embassy in Kenya two days ago. —- almasry-alyoum — 26/11/2009

3rd bid

Obama’s grand­mother “Sarah Obama” arrived to the [Saudi] King­dom, and she will be a guest on the Cus­to­dian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdul­lah bin Abdul Aziz. — Okaz 25/11/2009