Maryam

RAS AL KHAIMAH // Fertility rates are declining at a drastic rate. Emiratis have never had so few children – 2.3 per family at the last count.Two men, however, are doing their best to reverse the trend. And while father-of-52 Salem Juma’a, in his late 70s, will probably stop there, 60-year-old Daad Abdulrahman has 86 and says he is aiming for 100.

“It’s from God,” says Mr Juma’a. “God gave me this. I can’t object to God’s gift. God gave me because I deserved it. If I did not deserve, God would not give.”

In the family sitting room, Mr Juma’a is surrounded by a small part of his family: two wives, two daughters, five sons and a grandchild. Over the next two hours, dozens of his children enter the room, kiss him on the head and then greet their mothers.

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Maryam, a Qatari blogger, has some rather interesting things to say! I'd thought I'd share on QL her most recent blog entry, which I really liked, and hopefully you will as well!

"I believe that one of the ways to know about a culture or a historical period in time is to look at commercial advertisement because it reflects the culture it advertises to. For instant, I have noticed that there are too many car commercials in France while in United Kingdom, there are more insurance commercials more than anything else. The customer’s background, judgment and psychology are important elements to construct ads; they are away of communication and persuasion.