Be warned this is a long one… Even before Mohammed Ben Sulayem was elected FIA President by a resounding 62% I was being tapped up by people, including more than one from within the organization he now leads, who figured I knew him and sought information. Actually the more I thought about it, and repeated myself to the various enquiries about the man, I realized I had some interesting professional experiences with Ben Sulayem. The first time I met him was in mid-2004, my first year as Photo Director at Gulf News. The Sports Editor at the time and I went to interview him at his sumptuous home in Dubai; I to do the pictures having heard of his remarkable collection of cars and his...
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