The video shows an emotional Shaikh Humaid after the reunion.
Ajman - Thanks Sheikh Humaid for reuniting him with his son
Published: Tue 9 May 2017, 11:27 AM
Last updated: Wed 10 May 2017, 9:54 AM
The video of Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Ajman, reuniting a Syrian father Khalifa Rifai Al Khursan with his son Saif Al Din, has gone viral on social media.
The Ajman Ruler brought about the reunion as part of the Year of Giving.
According to a video posted by Ajman Police on their Instagram account, Sheikh Humaid, upon hearing of the father's plight, issued a visa to the son. The son was then summoned to the palace as soon he reached Ajman, where he met his father.
The story of reunion
"One of the friends of my deceased brother and the father of my son's wife requested His Highness the Ruler of Ajman to bring my daughter-in-law from the Syrian-Jordanian border, where she was almost stranded for eight months and could not leave due to the harsh weather in Syria," said Khalifa Rifai Al Khursan.
He said that His Highness gave his approval after he learned about her sorry condition. His daughter-in-law reached the country and joined her uncle's house in Abu Dhabi.
Khalifa Rifai Al Khursan said that his son went to complete his university education in Malaysia after a month of his marriage and promised to return during the holidays. However, the conditions in Syria worsened and he could not meet his wife. The father said, "After this, my son went to live in Turkey and even though I repeatedly tried to bring him to the UAE, I failed."
His Highness asked him about the condition of the man's daughter-in-law after her return and enquired about his son. "I told him the entire situation."
A pleasant surprise
Khalifa Rifai Al Khursan said that one day a representative of the Amiri Diwan in Ajman asked him for a copy of his son's passport. "I could not imagine that my son would be brought to the UAE.
When I went to the bureau yesterday to receive the medical documents for the treatment of my daughter-in-law, I was in for a pleasant surprise. I did not know that my son had arrived in the Emirates, and when I saw him first, I thought the young man looks like my son. He approached me, and then I cried with joy."neymoon
Khalifa Rifai Al-Khursan said that his son went with his wife, who had been deprived of seeing him for nearly 6 years, to a hotel in Abu Dhabi for honeymoon and to embark upon a happy married life after the bitter suffering ended, thanks to His Highness the Ruler of Ajman.
The father thanked Sheikh Humaid for his benevolence. He also thanked Khalaf Al Habtoor, who gave his son a car on the occasion of his safe return to his family.
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