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Sharjah Ruler offers to help struggling families

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August 22, 2025

When a Sharjah citizen called a media programme and complained, she got a response and reassurance from none other than the emirate's ruler himself.

- Azza Al Ali and Nasreen Abdulla newsroom@khaleejtimes.com

Calling into a media programme, the woman brought up an issue of some fathers not paying their dues. “There is an issue I want to raise regarding the regulation of those struggling with debts,” she said in Arabic. “While we respect this rule, the problem is that some separated fathers have used it as an excuse to avoid paying their children’s expenses.”

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