In outright defiance of expectation, a 19-year-old boy from Qatar who was born without the lower half of his body has beaten the odds to become a goodwill ambassador, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and student who is currently majoring in political science at a UK university. He hopes someday to represent his country as an ambassador.
When pregnant with Ghanim Al-Muftah and his twin brother, Ahmad, his mother received many recommendations to abort Ghanim, as a great number of people believed that the disability caused by his condition—Caudal Regression Syndrome—would only lead to suffering for him and his parents.
(Courtesy of Ghanim Al-Muftah)
Yet, in an intractable step, Ghanim’s parents, Eman Al-Obaidli and Mohammed Al-Muftah, decided to go forward with the pregnancy, and they unswervingly committed themselves to his care, his mother saying “I will be his left leg and you will be his right leg,” she recounted to The Epoch Times.
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