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his father, Fahad Bashir said, was also the<br />
ability to form connections. Customers<br />
became friends and confidants, with Aftab<br />
Bashir often inviting them to marvel<br />
at the latest rug he had acquired, with no<br />
intention of ever parting with it. It was<br />
that passion, Fahad Bashir said, that led<br />
him and his father to open the Swampscott<br />
location even though the store in<br />
Natick had already shuttered its doors.<br />
Fahad Bashir said he never once<br />
considered not going into business with<br />
his father for The Rug Gallery, becoming<br />
emotional as he reflected on what his late<br />
father meant to him.<br />
“There's a reason why I always say that<br />
my dad's a superhero, he's my best friend.<br />
It's because he taught me never to<br />
give up. And when he wanted to do the<br />
project, it just made sense because I owe<br />
everything to him,” he said. “Every step<br />
of the way my dad helped me, when he<br />
wanted to do it, there was no way that it<br />
wasn't that I wasn't going to help. In fact,<br />
it was him helping me if anything … I<br />
got to spend time with probably one of<br />
the coolest guys in the world.” 07
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