After dining at The Inn at Saratoga last evening, we met our Uber driver who’s called Mohammed. I asked if he was having a good Ramadan and then said, “Inshallah Habibi” to which he replied, “Inshallah” - if God wills it. He lives with his wife and five-year-old son in the small house he bought in Colonie, New York, and Uber is their only source of income. One of life’s minor pleasures is chatting with different drivers and hearing their extraordinary histories. Mohammed’s story is not an easy one.
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