Brothers beyond the India-Pakistan borders share their special bonding in Dubai

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Neighbours for 12 years, the Mohammads and Salarias consider themselves one big family. They have been best buddies for the last 12 years and despite being from India and Pakistan, the two neighbouring countries that often find themselves at hostile flashpoints, they share the deepest camaraderie and think of themselves as being part of one large extended family.  Read the full story:  https://bit.ly/31UIjYy  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  #India #Pakistan #Dubai

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00:00I've been living in Dubai for 13 years, moved here in 2008, next door, but one.

00:10We met Jiginder who moved in at the same time, with our daughters playing outside on the

00:13main road.

00:14So that's when we actually met each other, the daughters started playing with each other.

00:17They were five, four and three, so they were quite young.

00:20And since that time we've got to know each other.

00:22We had a very good time with our neighbor.

00:25They belong from the Pakistan Lahore model town.

00:28So we like, you know, spend here time like a family.

00:33We all, you know, are very much happy and we have a very good memory, a nice journey

00:39between both families.

00:41It helps having the same culture, the same language and the same food, and we kind of

00:45hit it off from there.

00:46Over the years we spend all our time together.

00:48We go camping, barbecues, picnics, the daughters do sleepovers, so all of that has grown.

00:54Obviously with the Eid and Diwali's, we celebrate the festivals and we're like brother and sisters.

00:59So we're there for each other, we've been supporting each other.

01:02In Dubai, people come and go very, very quickly.

01:06And for us it's been that constant that we've had each other for the last 13 years.

01:09I mean, hence, you know, Jiginder's purchased this property, we rent, but we decided not

01:14to move because of Jiginder, his family, his daughters as well.

01:18So our daughters are very, very close.

01:20They've grown up since they were three and five.

01:22Now they're all teenagers.

01:23So, you know, they spend all of that time together, so it was comfortable for us.

01:27And it's resulted in a very, very strong relationship.

01:29We are, like I said, family to each other.

01:35We always pray for the peace in between the both countries because this is very important

01:41for all of us to live with the neighbour country peacefully.

01:45I think the ones that do hatred, I think people need to grow up and, you know, you need to

01:49learn to live in harmony and peace with each other.

01:51We want to give the, you know, like a positive message to the world.

01:56We are one, we are together and we want to live together.

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