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Jan and Jenny Dawood: The dad we knew

Yusuf Dawood

Dr Yusuf Dawood and his wife Marie and their children Jenny (left) and Jan (right).

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

As we all know, none of us get to choose our dads. Who we get is really the luck of the draw but as it turns out, we hit the jackpot.

Many of you will know our father as a surgeon, a Rotarian or a writer. We just knew him as Dad.