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Dubai: A family’s prayers were answered this Ramadan with the gift of a brand new apartment.

The flat was provided to the Egyptian family under the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

“In celebration of the Year of Zayed, Juma Mubarak Al Junaibi, the UAE Ambassador in Cairo and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the League of Arab States, granted an apartment to improve the living condition of two children,” said the UAE Embassy in Cairo on its official twitter account.

The gift was offered after the children’s plight was highlighted in the Cairo-based newspaper Al Youm Al Saabeh on May 28.

According to the report, the two children and their family will live in the community development project of the October Gardens district - 6 October City. 

The 6th of October City is a town in the Giza Governorate, and is part of the urban area of Cairo, Egypt, around 32 km outside the city.

This is the second such initiative carried out by the UAE Embassy in the last few weeks.

On May 23, Al Junaibi, honoured a number of former employees of the UAE Embassy in celebration of the Year of Zayed and the holy month of Ramadan.

The 25 ex-staff members were given residential apartments at the Garden Hills project in the 6th of October City, in recognition of their services during their mission in Cairo.