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Meeting Zubair Sarookh

It has been quite a while since I last posted on my blog but I just thought of sharing with you my experience of meeting Zubair Sarookh when I had just returned back from U.A.E this month. To all of those who don't know who Zubair Sarookh is, Zubair Sarookh is one of the most famous YouTubers based in the U.A.E. He makes a lot of videos which range from comedy skits portraying the casual lifestyle of the common man in various aspects, to reaction videos where he reacts to any video which has become really viral on YouTube or TikTok and finally he also does vlogs where he visits any new restaurant or supermarket or an attraction in and around U.A.E and actually goes about promoting it in his videos. So in doing so, it can also be said that he has business dealerships in order to go about promoting specially the supermarkets, the cafe's or any new restaurants that have come up including saloons and perfumes too. So that was a small brief about him.

I had met him when I was leaving for Goa. I had just arrived at the departure section of the airport and after a few moments of embracing and hugging my dad, I had left to go to the check-in counter with my baggage. On the way to the check-in counter, it suddenly struck my mind to ask my dad whether my baggage was fragile or not (as normally when I would travel with my family, we would actually mark one of the baggage's as fragile). So I gave a call to my dad and asked him about it, but to my relief  he said that it was not required, but on the contrary, he asked me to come out of the departure terminal to actually see something special that was going on outside the airport. It was the traditional dance of the Emiratis (the locals of U.A.E) on the occasion of National Day which happened to be the day that I was travelling. So I was filled with awe and excitement that I could still spend some more time with my dad outside the airport and more than that get to witness the traditional dance of the Emiratis. So both us spent some time outside watching the performance and I myself was so happy to actually be witnessing the performance of their traditional dance- the stick dance.

Once that performance was over, it was time to actually say the real good bye and head back off to the check in counter when suddenly, I bumped into Zubair Sarookh. I was for a moment wondering whether I was actually seeing the YouTuber that I personally loved the most and also noticed that he was walking with his friend Hamad Ali out of the airport (who is often featured in his videos as well). So I quickly nudged my dad and told him about the YouTuber and he personally encouraged me and told me to go ahead and click pictures with him. So with that excitement running in my blood, I actually called out to him and asked him if I could click some pictures with him. I told him that I was one of his big fans and to be honest, he was really surprised that I had called out to him and so he agreed for me to take a few selfies with him at the entrance of the departure terminal.

I was really happy to have left U.A.E on a high note and for the next few days, I was filled with happiness thinking of my encounter with my favourite vlogger whose pictures I had even posted on social media to keep them as a remembrance similar to how two of my other friends had also done the same. So I could actually be thankful to my father for telling me to come out of the airport as hadn't I listened to him, I wouldn't have met my favourite vlogger most of all!!!!

PS: Below are two of the pictures I clicked with my favourite vlogger 'Zubair Sarookh' as well as the two videos of the Emirati traditional stick dance retrieved from my Instagram Stories.







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