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A 67-year-old Indian expatriate has turned his one-bedroom apartment into a photo gallery, featuring over 4,000 photos of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00See, I came in 1975 and that time there was nothing in Dubai. Then Sheikh Mohammed came

00:13and he made everything. He built Dubai. So I decided to collect Sheikh Mohammed photos

00:22because all the time, all Arabic, Sheikh Mohammed photos. And I started cutting and

00:28keeping, collecting photos. I started making albums. First album I made about 375 photos.

00:40Then I brought a suitcase, full of suitcase, Sheikh Mohammed photos. Then one day I decided

00:48what I'll do, can I make my decoration of all photos. So I started fixing photos on

01:01my doors first. I fixed one door, main door I fixed. I said okay, it's better to start

01:10all. So I started every day collecting. The six years I collected photos. In total I got

01:184,000 photos. Favorite photos I have one whose Sheikh Mohammed is playing tennis and he won

01:26the game. He's receiving a trophy. I have a wish, somebody to take me there. If I take,

01:35I have to hand over this album to him personally. I'm not giving anybody. But one day, I say

01:45always and I hope one day I'll reach our designer Sheikh.

Thousands of photos of Shaikh Mohammad cover man's walls

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