In pictures: UAE workers living the dream with help from Photoshop
Abu Dhabi, UAE - Friday rush at the Al Bashir Studio in Mussaffah. For 25 dhs customers can get three 4x6 inch photographs of themselves against the background of Abu Dhabi and Dubai's tall buildings or have their heads placed onto bodies of men in a suit or a traditional Kandoura. Deepthi Unnikrishnan/The National
The lime-green walls of Al Bashir Studio are lined with men in suits, men in kanduras and men in designer T-shirts, posing in front of lush greenery and gleaming images of the Dubai skyline.
Mohammed Nasim, who works as a pipe fitter in Ruwais, holds up the photograph he likes the most to get a "version" for himself. Mr Nasim told his family about his job – but not everything about it. “My job is unsafe,� he said. “I don’t want my f???