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Friday... full of good cheer

Friday May 18

Wheelchair-bound Emirati realising his dreams

Emirati Hussain Mahmoud Al Rahma has a degenerative health disorder that has him confined to a wheelchair, but this young man refuses to allow the condition to take over his life.
Friday Apr 27

Bullied for being The Werewolf Sisters

They've been bullied for years and hidden away for fear of being mocked and called 'The Werewolf Sisters', but now Savita and her siblings are hoping to lead normal lives thanks to a simple 'cure'
Thursday Apr 19

'We froze our baby to keep her alive'

UK-based Laura Manton had overcome so much to conceive her IVF baby, but after a rare complication during labour, her daughter was stillborn and needed drastic treatment to survive. Karen Pasquali Jones hears her story
Friday Apr 13

The UAE student who went from chubby to champ!

Jassim Mohammad Al Nassai weighed 120kg and was on the brink of developing diabetes when he decided to give up junk food and his sedentary lifestyle. Now, he's 40kg lighter and a powerlifting champion. He shares his story with Ranjani Ramesh
Friday Apr 6

The UAE's shortest woman has big hopes for the future

She might be just 88cm tall, but Emirati policewoman Aisha Al Hamoudi has huge dreams and an even bigger heart. Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary meets her
Friday Mar 23

'I had a baby on a fertility diet'

After trying for years to have a baby and being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, Rachel Penny despaired of ever having her longed-for family until she tried an unusual diet where she had to eat every 15 minutes
Friday Mar 16

'I pray my conjoined twins will come home one day'

Veena and Vani have grown up in hospital, their parents too poor to care for them. Their mother tells Helen Roberts about the painful choices she's made and her hopes for the future
Friday Mar 9

My dad's death set me free to love my mother

Always a daddy's girl, it was only after her father passed away that London-based writer Tessa Dunlop grew closer to her mother
Friday Mar 2

Celebrating life in the face of death

Leave your tears at the door. That was the message to family and friends as they came together at a party for Karen Brace's husband Nick, a much-loved father who knew he was dying of cancer
Tuesday Feb 21

'Stop the Caesarean – I can feel everything!'

Anna, who lives in the UK, agreed to have an emergency C-section because her baby was stuck but then her epidural failed during the operation, leaving her in agony...