Dubai cab driver revealed as talented artist

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Dubai cab driver revealed as talented artist. Years of perseverance have finally paid-off for 39-year-old cabbie Hamza Erimakunnath, as the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority have used his art for their 2013 calendar. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00He cruises Dubai roads from 4pm to 4am daily to earn his livelihood and support his family

00:18back home in India.

00:27But when he returns to his room in Alnahada, Sharjah, 39-year-old cabbie Hamza Erumakunnath

00:33from Kerala becomes an artist, the man behind the Roads and Transport Authority's 2013

00:40calendar.

01:08Hamza has been an avid painter, but could not pursue it as a career due to his family's

01:39Hamza said he finds painting portraits of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al

01:44Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and ruler of Dubai quite a challenge.

01:50With his limited income as a cabbie, it was hard for Hamza to afford art supplies, but

02:14a chance meeting with a passenger helped him to paint again.

02:41Filled with several oil paintings of UAE leaders, his room resembles a studio.

02:49Hamza is glad that his daughter shares his love for the brush and the palette.

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