When Ahmed Khan Qandal left Pakistan at the end of 1983, when he was 23 years old, he had no idea that he would spend the next 40 years serving the House of Allah, the Holy Kaaba.
Working with warm, welcoming people from all over the world is what has stuck out the most for Ahmed during his time at the Grand Mosque.
His memory is made up of different Saudi events, the most important of which were the Grand Mosque’s second and third Saudi expansions projects, and the Kaaba restoration project.
“Since I came to Saudi Arabia almost 40 years ago, I felt that I was among family and I never felt alienated,” Qandal told Arab News.
He is the sanitation supervisor at Masjid al Haram, and he is 61 years old. He believes that he is the luckiest person in the world.
“I live in the place where people come for a week and spend thousands of dollars.”
“Masjid Al Haram is full of happiness, love, harmony, tolerance, mercy, and peace.”
