“My name is Iqbal Mohamed, and I am from Noomaraa, Shaviyani Atoll”
A rather shy and soft-spoken Iqbal, the resident boat captain, has since migrated from his native island to Funadhoo, also in Shaviyani Atoll. These days, however, he spends the majority of his days over 200 kilometres away in Kaafu Atoll, working in Summer Island Maldives.