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A nine-year old boy has become "trapped in an orphanage" in the United Arab Emirates following the separation of his parents, according to this article from the Times. The boy was previously living with his British father and French mother in Singapore. Upon their separation, the boy's father moved to the UAE and his mother moved with the boy and his brother to France. The boy went to visit his father in Dubai and refuses to return to France, says the article.
Aysha Albusmait, a single woman in her 50s living in Dubai, adopted a young girl named Reem when Reem was 3 years old. Her actions, say the article, are helping to break down taboos around adoption in the Gulf region.
This article from AlJazeera tells the story of Aysha Albusmait, a single woman in Dubai who adopted a young girl. According to the article, adoption is considered by many to be outlawed by Islam and is somewhat taboo in the United Arab Emirates, especially for single women. However, the numbers of single women adopting seem to be on the rise as single women over 40 made up 20% of the adoption waiting list of Dubai's Community Development Authority, says the article.
This article reports on delays in the implementation of a two-year-old law aimed at caring for orphans in the United Arab Emirates apparently linked to the delayed construction of a new and expanded shelter. Plans for the shelter, due to house babies and children of unknown parentage, have been substantially revised after the President, Sheikh Khalifa, increased the shelter budget to Dh70 million and said he would take on the full project and build a complete village, to be called Sheikh Khalifa Village for Social Care. The Minister of Social Affairs said bylaws could not be released since…