"Abu Dhabi was one of the first countries that I visited over 15 years, where I felt warmly accepted by the average man on the street. This is unlike many other countries where I was not welcome because I stood out as a black man.
All I wanted was to stop travelling. I wanted to stop being away from my family - which was happening on a monthly basis for a long period of time
Moving to Abu Dhabi was the first opportunity for us to become economically stable and to not live by a hand-to-mouth lifestyle. Moving allowed me to spend more time with my family and finally work to live and not live to work"
-Derek Holland