Dubai: He lost his job — his third in Dubai — in early 2012. His wife was then pregnant with their second child and the couple had a very limited income that was barely enough to cover the basic expenses.
But Shavkat Mamadjonov, an expat from Tajikistan since 2007, did not apply for a new job.
Instead, the former simultaneous interpreter from Russian-English-Russian, who was frustrated after selling chemical products and doing financial services in Dubai, decided to nurture his passion and love for music that grew during…