UAE residents support family after mother dies in childbirth
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Hundreds of people across the United Arab Emirates attended the funeral of Marwa, a Sudanese expatriate who died giving birth to twins.
A social media appeal by the Janaza UAE account called on residents to attend her funeral, noting she had limited family in the country. Many people responded to the call, travelling from different emirates to offer support and prayers at the Al Qusais Cemetery Mosque in Dubai.
People like Syrian expatriate Marwa Mohammed drove from Abu Dhabi after reading about the appeal and feeling a personal connection to the deceased woman, who shared her name. While Marwa did have two sisters living in the UAE, the three sisters had lost their parents years prior, friends explained the community’s outpouring of support was deeply appreciated by the family. The prayer hall and cemetery were crowded with mourners, causing significant traffic congestion near the mosque.
Attendees, even those who didn’t know Marwa personally, expressed a desire to be a part of her extended family and offer comfort to her husband and newborn twins, who are now in the care of Marwa’s sister. Indian expatriate Bilal travelled from work, delayed by traffic, to join the prayers and demonstrate solidarity with the grieving family.
