Leaving UAE after 44 years: Meet Indian expat who won the hearts of Emirati and Arab writers

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A 72-year-old Indian expat from Kerala, who won the hearts of Emirati and Arab writers and journalists, has left the UAE after 44 years.  Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3v8dpdf  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  #UAEnews #Kerala #Indian

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00:00This is very sharp, very dangerous than any bomb, pen.

00:05Pen can change the world.

00:09Pen can change the people.

00:13You know, weapon cannot change anybody.

00:17Weapon can spoil the people.

00:20But the pen, you can change. Writer can change.

00:24I came here 1977, July 24th, you know, Port Rashid, seaport.

00:38I came from Bombay.

00:40By ship, after five days, I arrived in seaport in Dubai.

00:46Okay.

00:48First I joined in Madrasatul Muhallab.

00:52I am in Madrasa, you know, Muhallab school in Dubai.

00:56I worked there in ten months.

00:59So I left this job and came to Sharjah.

01:02And I worked in a building.

01:05Okay, six years, six and a half years here.

01:08After I came here, Emirates Righteous Union.

01:14Emirates Righteous Union, 1984.

01:19September 1, I joined in Emirates Righteous Union.

01:23Still now, I am working in Emirates Righteous Union.

01:26Now I resigned the job.

01:29The reason, because now I am 72 years old.

01:33In Emirates Righteous Union, they not agree to resign me.

01:41They told me to stay here more, more, more years.

01:44But I cannot continue.

01:46This is the problem, you know.

01:48The age, old age, I cannot work now.

01:51So I want to leave the UAE.

01:55But I don't want in here.

01:58In my heart, I want to stay here more, up to die in UAE.

02:03Because I love these people too much.

02:06When I joined the Emirates Righteous Union, I told you,

02:09I read all the newspaper and gathered

02:12any news about the Emirates Righteous Union

02:15or any news about the writers,

02:18especially in our member, I gather and keep it in a file.

02:23Okay.

02:24And you know, my profession, you know,

02:27I am working here as an office boy.

02:29You know, the office boy, what I have to do.

02:31This, you know, everybody know, one office boy, what he have to do.

02:35So I do everything.

02:38The people, when the people come here,

02:41I make for them coffee and tea and everything.

02:44I make them for them, you see.

02:47This is my job, real job.

02:50And the people, you know, they never,

02:53they never, you know, feel I am an office boy.

02:56They never talk like this.

02:58If you suppose, if anybody call me,

03:00in Arabic, if anybody ask me,

03:03in Arabic, who speaking,

03:06then if I say I am an office boy Emirates Righteous Union

03:09or in Arabic, I am a Farrashi.

03:12They are very angry.

03:15Why you speak like that?

03:17You are our brother.

03:19You are our brother.

03:21You never speak like that.

03:24This is your job.

03:26This is your job.

03:28Don't think like that.

03:29You are office boy.

03:30We never think about you, you are office boy.

03:33You know, memories.

03:35All the memories about me.

03:38And what they need here.

03:40You know, everything in my mind,

03:42I have something write and keep it in my home.

03:45When I return to my home,

03:47I have a lot of time to write and everything.

03:49I hope, I hope, you know,

03:52if my health agree for everything,

03:54I am ready to write.

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