Look: World record-breaking UAE flag made with mosaic cards

The initiative's goal was to feed 49,000 families in need

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Yousra Zaki, Assistant Editor Features
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The UAE broke yet another record on Thursday.
Antonin Kelian Kallouche, Gulf News Photographer
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The largest UAE flag was created using black, green, red and white greeting cards to create the world’s largest mosaic flad.
Antonin Kelian Kallouche, Gulf News Photographer
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The UAE flag, measured an 490 square metres, was constructed outside Dubai Police, Al Wasl, behind City Walk
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The occasion organized by nefsy has raised funds to buy food boxes to feed 49,000 families in need, after what has been an incredibly challenging year, following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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49,000 food boxes made up of essential items including rice, wheat, oil, sugar, salt, water and also sanitiser, are now being distributed by Emirates Red Crescent – and will feed more than 250,000 individuals for more than 10 days.
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As an added touch, each of the folded greetings cards used to create the Guinness World Records™ title for the Largest greetings card mosaic (flag) will be included in each of the food boxes.
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The challenge was launched in celebration of the UAE’s 49th National Day to celebrate the spirit of the UAE, the homeland of humanity, but to also help combat world hunger, nefsy’s primary aim.
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Founder of nefsy, Khaled Diab, comments: “We are over-the-moon to have broken a Guinness World Records™ title by creating the Largest greetings card mosaic (flag) as part of our accomplishment to feed 49,000 families in need. It is certainly the first and biggest flag of a good cause.
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Here, nefsy founder Khaled Diab, was awarded today an official Guinness World Records title after creating the largest greetings card mosaic (flag) made from folded, greetings cards.
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Nefsy is a food app designed to feed someone in need everyday, without the user having to pay for the second meal. Users can enjoy 100’s of brands and 1,000’s of deals by ordering their normal meal when they dine-in, pay their bill – and at no extra cost, feed a person in need worldwide, Eat For Good.
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The Guinness World Records title of the Largest greetings card mosaic (flag) is a representation of the UAE flag and a celebration of this significant achievement – as well as the first and biggest flag of a good cause.
Antonin Kelian Kallouche, Gulf News Photographer

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