The ceremony of crowning Argentina with the Qatar World Cup 2022 title, last Sunday, witnessed an event that received great attention in the global media and an unparalleled interaction on communication platforms when the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, captain of the “Tango” team, Lionel Messi, “imitated” the Arab “bisht”. The traditional black embroidered with golden threads, before lifting the World Cup, as he put it on his shoulders to wear it in one of the most prominent snapshots of the exciting World Cup finale.
And the Spanish newspaper “MARCA” revealed that the Qatari bisht is of great importance in the Arab world, and this robe symbolizes kings, wealth, chivalry and wisdom according to Arab culture, and it is likely that placing the bisht on someone’s shoulders is the highest honor that anyone in the Arab world can offer. What do you think when the Emir of Qatar puts it on the shoulders of the World Cup star and Argentine captain Messi?
Tonight Messi is the groom in the Qatari Bisht ????????????♂️#Qatar2022 | #World_Cup_Qatar_2022 | #Argentina _ France#WorldCupQatar2022 | #Qatar2022 | #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/iuYVdFmfD8
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) December 18, 2022
The newspaper added that Messi’s wearing of the traditional Arab bisht awakened the desire of a number of wealthy Arabs who wanted to obtain it at any cost, as Omani Ahmed Al-Barwani, a lawyer and member of the Shura Council, made an attractive offer to Messi in order to obtain that robe.
Al-Barwani posted a tweet on his Twitter account, requesting that Messi sell him the bisht, saying, “My friend Messi.. from the Sultanate of Oman, I congratulate you for winning the Qatar World Cup 2022. Prince Tamim bin Hamad impressed me as he wore the Arab bisht, a symbol of magnanimity and wisdom. Messi, I offer you a million dollars.” An American for giving me that bisht.”
My friend Messi..
From #Sultanate of Oman I congratulate you on winning #World_Cup_Qatar_2022Prince dazzled me @TamimBinHamad He wears you #Arabic _ Bisht A symbol of chivalry and wisdom.#Messi
I’m offering you a million dollars for you to give me that #thepisht#Messi????
I’m offering you a million $ to give me that bisht@TeamMessi pic.twitter.com/45BlVdl6Fh– Ahmed Al-Barwani (@AhmedSAlbarwani) December 20, 2022
The Shura member attached a picture of the coronation ceremony of the World Cup in Qatar, in which the Argentine captain appears standing, behind him Prince Tamim, who puts a bisht on his shoulders, while the President of the International Federation of Football, Gianni Infantino, was in front of them.
In Museo Messi Prosario
And Marca stated that Al-Barwani expressed his willingness to do anything in order to obtain the bisht that the owner of the Golden Ball wore for the World Cup in Qatar, but added that it is unlikely that Messi would accept to waste that bisht for money, as he realizes the extent of the honor of this honor to him, especially in relation to the character. She does not have an Arab cultural background.
Al-Barwani said, “This moment told the world that we are here, and this is our culture that we hope the world knows well. The Qatar World Cup 2022 was a source of pride for us as Arabs, and it was also an occasion to remind the world that we can be a united nation and how we have not forgotten Palestine.”
And the newspaper added that the most likely place for the bisht to be placed is the Messi Museum in his hometown and his birthplace, the city of Rosario, but despite that, the Barwani show is still officially on, according to the same source.
It is noteworthy that since the Emir of Qatar put the “bisht” on the shoulders of the world champion, the flow of customers to the shops selling it in the Souq Waqif in Doha has not stopped in order to buy it, and the past days witnessed a huge demand for its acquisition.
