How Dubai doctor turned passionate Koi fishkeeper with collection worth Dh2 million

How Dubai doctor turned passionate Koi fishkeeper with collection worth Dh2 million

By Sharmila Dhal

Source: gulfnews

1/29/2024

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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