At first glance, 11-year-old Rehman Bahri may seem like an ordinary child, who loves cricket and video games.

Behind the veneer of normality one can see a gifted young mind who just won an A* in math alongside teenagers older than him in his General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exams at Dubai College.

Videographer: Kiran Prasad Somavarapu
Reporter: Bernd Debusmann Jr
Edited by: Kymberlee Fernandes