How Dubai doctor turned passionate Koi fishkeeper with collection worth Dh2 million 
By Sharmila Dhal SA Source: gulfnews 1/29/2024
Sharmila Dhal
Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
Nothing could have prepared me for the sight that beheld me when I walked into the lush green villa of Dr Haidar AlYousuf in Dubai. Not least a 45-minute phone conversation about the subject that I had had with the distinguished Emirati earlier.
 

As the main gate opened on to a narrow bridge, a splash of colour in a pond that stretched on either side below stopped me in my tracks. A darting school of fish – in a vibrant mix of red, yellow, white and black – moved in spell-binding harmony, with unmatched grace and agility.

 
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