Dubai: A television advertisement has gone viral this Ramadan, and its message will touch your heart.
Following one week after the Manchester terror attack that killed 22 people, the Kuwaiti mobile telecommunications company Zain has released this campaign against terrorism.
The video has received over 2.7 million views since it was uploaded on You Tube on Saturday May 27, the first day of Ramadan.
The three-minute video features Emirati singer and songwriter Hussain Al Jasmi, and by Tuesday it became the third trending topic on You Tube’s platform in the UAE.
The video shows how a suicide bomber is challenged by victims of terrorism, with the message of Al Jasmi singing, “confront your enemy with peace, not war.”
The ad recreates a scene of a bus bombing and shows a young boy, resembling Omran Daqneesh, as one of the victims.
Omran’s photograph went viral worldwide in August 2016 as it illustrated the horrors of the Syrian war, and he soon became known as ‘the boy in the ambulance.’
The video also features the survivors of terror attacks that took place in the Arab world, including the 2005 Amman wedding attack that left 57 dead and 110 injured.
The ad against terrorism ends with the message: “We will counter their attacks of hatred with songs of love. From now until happiness.”
