World Cup: Qatari fan becomes a meme in China

A young Qatari man has become an instant hit in China for his reaction to the opening World Cup match between Qatar and Ecuador.

Since then, the unknown fan has turned into a meme, with Chinese artists creating fan-art of him.

Many in China are now on a quest to find out who the unnamed Qatari is.

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[Thelastofusfan]

The Chinese girl speaking Arabic is a major turn on the light💡

[totallynotthefeds]

Is that really the Chinese girl speaking Arabic? Her accent is insanely accurate

[saturn]

Arabic is extremely difficult to learn for Chinese natives, I can only imagine the dedication and effort she's put in to get the pronunciations right

[Itsridwaaan]

Being able to speak Arabic English and Chinese is like controlling the world

[lovelyandlonely]

He's actually looking so adorable. No wonder he became famous in China & there's even stickers. Oh my it's hilarious hahaha

[calirageh]

As a muslim i don’t think it’s good idea that people are commenting with negative messages . People got start somewhere, and i don’t think the chinese are evil people. Tell me where in the west is someone dressed up like him is idiolized? Thank you chinese pple, keep up the good spirits!!!

[isasave]

He's not only a meme in China, also in Latin America 🤣

[Adi-xeut]

as half Chinese Indonesian Muslim : wow those Chinese girl can speak arabic fluently. meanwhile me learning mandarin feel hard.

[shaziashakeel]

OMG! That Qatari boy is so cute and memes are so cute as well...😍😍😍🇸🇦

[sadatkhan]

People of China are not phobes... I hope the uyghurs will get the right of living in there faith.

[eline.m]

Lol. This brings back memories. I remember watching that first match live. His emotions were so raw and authentic as the camera faced him. For a minute, he looked like a coach in that moment 😄

[masesero]

I heard he is a member of the royal family, just started to watch his interview on a qatari local channel, they used the title "Sheikh" to address him and they also displayed this video lol

[Abuqital]

That Chinese woman speaking Arabic so fluently increases her beauty.

[kaiapparent]

ahahaha his reaction is so cute. also this lady’s arabic is insanely good!

[nutzhazel]

That Chinese girl speaking Arabic without any common chinese slang, so impressive!

[كتابتاريخالأسمريلإبندباءممنوعم]

هذا بكل فخر شاب مسلم عربي قطري بدوي أصيل يرتدي لباس قومه العرب و ينقل حضارتهم و تاريخهم الى كل أرجاء العالم 🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦

[destij.]

The Chinese girl speaks Arabic so fluently, I envy her...!😄

[faisolk]

That movement where you put it over your head is actually a pretty regular thing to do, and I absolutely love the people's reactions to other cultures.

[zainzoala]

😂😂😂 He looks very serious about Football

[najiakashcool]

He's really funny with that expression & yet he's a prince as I found out.