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.
