Great joy afflicted the peoples of the Arab world from the ocean to the Gulf, after the Moroccan national team defeated Portugal in the Qatar World Cup 2022, and its arrival for the first time in the history of the Arabs and the history of Africa to the semi-finals of the World Cup, so that Morocco wrote a new history in football, which is not African. Not only in the Arab world, but also globally.

Sarah Odeh, a Palestinian, has an account on the social networking site Instagram, with nearly 24,000 followers. She decided to celebrate the victory of the Moroccan national team, by drawing Yassin Bono, the goalkeeper of the Moroccan national team, in a different way, as she published a video while she drew it with “thyme and oil.” And she commented on the video, “My drawing of the legendary goalkeeper Bono with thyme and Palestinian olive oil on Arabic bread on the occasion of Morocco’s qualification for the quarter-finals in the World Cup and entering history.”

before starting the drawing

Illustration by Yacine Bounou

Morocco managed to beat Portugal with a goal to nothing. The Moroccan national team became the most Arab team in the history of the World Cup, when it played its 21st match in the tournament, and it will reach 23 matches, whether it wins a semi-final match or even defeats it.