![]() Nair, an HR professional, singled out that “each and every piece of paper origami was folded by her”. Indian expatriate, Shrijit Nair, the other origami expert and the second witness for the Sunday’s event, too, was moved by Jamila’s “attention to detail and her helpful nature”. I’m impressed by its aesthetics and simplicity of origami folding, which is a key to the art form,” he said. “This is the largest swan made of paper origami I’ve ever seen. Iranian expatriate, Ali Bahmani, a digital product designer and an origami expert after having lived in Japan for five years in the 1990s, was one of the witnesses on behalf of the Guinness World Record authorities. Jamila’s husband, Alisagar, who works as a senior manager, business development for Japanese companies operating in the UAE, was all praise for his wife’s “infectious enthusiasm and dedication”. Jamila, who was born and raised in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, in central India, started making the “largest origami swan in the world” while juggling her domestic chores and taking care of her two children. The first three lines of my creations are a tribute to these three nations as they embody deep trilateral ties, and more significantly between the UAE and Japan, which celebrated their golden jubilee of diplomatic relationship last month,” she said. I’ve made a modest attempt to promote paper origami craft work in my adopted homeland, the UAE my artistic inspiration, Japan and my motherland, India, through my creations. “Though paper origami, which traces its origin to Japan, has struck a big chord in the West, especially in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA), the community that patronises this unique art form is relatively small in Dubai and across the UAE. I took to paper origami craft work when I lived in Tokyo, Japan, for around 18 months shortly after my marriage over seven years ago,” said Jamila, a mother of two children, Burhanuddin, 8, and Insiyah, 6, who are pupils of Amity School Dubai. “It was a labour of love for over 10 months. Her significant other, Aliasgar Navagharwala, two origami experts, who doubled up as witnesses for the Guinness World Record authorities, and 10 volunteers were around to lift the homemaker’s spirits amid her bid to create the world record. The swan is considered to be a symbol of peace much like the conventional crane that adorns the art form. She made a swan with 10,593 paper origami craft work at the 14-acre state-of-the-art campus of Amity School Dubai in Al Qusais-1. ![]() ![]() Indian expatriate, Jamila Navagharwala, who relocated from Mumbai to Dubai in 2019, followed in those illustrious footsteps on Sunday to make a stellar bid to enter the Guinness World Record. Dubai is no stranger to entering the Guinness World Record books for its enthusiastic residents’ unalloyed joy in creating the largest paper origami craft work in the globe.
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