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It was another day at work for Bangladeshi expat Mohammad Allam, a day after he ferried His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, from Dubai Old Souq to the Gold Souq in Deira.
"I woke up at 5am to be at my station before 6am and then I started ferrying people across the Creek," the lucky 40-year-old abra captain, who is originally from Cox Bazar District of Chittagong, in southeastern Bangladesh, told Khaleej Times through an interpreter.
"But yesterday (Monday) was no ordinary day," he underlined. "I felt so lucky - there were many of us, abra captains - but Sheikh Mohammed and around a dozen of his companions chose my boat, which is number 60, to cross Deira Creek," Allam shared.
A video of Sheikh Mohammed's trip has gone viral on social media and was also featured on the Khaleej Times website (watch the video here). Allam felt he became an instant superstar among his peers. Reporters interviewed him and people also asked who was the abra captain who ferried the Dubai Ruler.
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