“A Saudi Arabian man seen hugging and kissing an elderly Hindu woman in a viral photo came to Kerala to meet the woman who had raised him as a child.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Feb 2026.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The man is Saudi social media personality Hashim Abbas, and the elderly woman is Malayalam artist Vijaya Kumari. Their meeting occurred through a mutual acquaintance, and no such backstory exists.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 February 2026. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 February 2026, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/DU2sUpoChK3/
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