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‫ﺍﻡ‬٦"٩٠ ٩ Hafisiu ni

Haji Yusuf Kanoo njoy th copany an frinship of any of th

prsonags fro th roya faiis of th Arabian Pninsua. hy ook

upon hi ik a son an xchang corrsponnc uring th intr‫ق‬as

btwn tings. ١n 1920, h wnt on a gnary pigriag to Mcca an

t harif Hussin of Hjaz, a forfathr of King Hussin of Joran, Haji

Yusuf rturn to Bahrain with an xcptiona gift fro harif Hussin of

Hja2 : a pic of th coth rssing th Hoy Kabah, sacr sybo to

usis worwi of thir rigion. ١t was givn to Haji Yusuf as tstiony to

his unrring faith in sa.

Haji Yusuf Kanoo was a frin to th Kings, Airs, hikhs, rigious ars,

working an an poor an aik. His p huanity proot hi to trat

a n as qua, Mr. Ah Kanoo, th ast Chairan of Kanoo Group,

rca an incint whn having bn ru to on of th brs of th

houshol staff, his grat-unc, Haji Yusuf Kanoo, har of th incint an

svry chastis hi. It was Mr. Ah Kanoo's first sson in huiity, a

py b tnt of th Kanoo faiy phiosophy.

howing grat forsight, Haji Yusuf Kanoo bgan to foruat th Kanoo

thos. As h an his wif wr not bss with chirn, b brought in

nphws, Jassi an Ai Kanoo to assist hi in his businss navours. In

th traitiona Arab way, thy an thir chirn wr a brought up in th

Kanoo housho togthr. Haji Yusuf Kanoo, th ha of th faiy was

rgar as a fathr to th al. his faiy oyaty is sti vint toay an

is aso xtn to an rciprocat by thir poys.

Prs an thos who wr ss fortunat h Haii Yusuf Kanoo in grat

st. H was sought out for his couns on counity affairs an was

rnown for his gnrosity. h first Nursing choo to b opn in th

Guf was posthuousy opn in 1973, in his na, by Mr. Ah Kanoo,

coorating an carying on Haji Yusuf's p phianthropic sirs an

othr phianthropic projcts in his na. Haji Yusuf py ft that wath

brought rsponsibiity, an whrvr h cou, h rturn so of his walth

back to th counity. Upon his aht on Dcbr 21, 1945, th "souk"

(arkt pac) in Manaa cos to ourning hi, paying tribut to his if's

work.