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Influencer born with no legs shares World Cup spotlight with Morgan Freeman and David Beckham

Ghanim is internationally known, especially in the Arab world and his native country of Qatar, through social media platforms as a motivational speaker.

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Source: Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Morgan Freeman and the young Qatari influencer

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Ghanim Al-Muftah was born in Qatar 20 years ago with a congenital condition called caudal regression syndrome, which causes the lower part of a fetus’ spine not to form completely. This meant he would be born without legs.

Ghanim's mother was advised by doctors and several other people around her at the time to have an abortion, to spare the child and the parents this suffering. After all, she was pregnant with twins and the other child was expected to be born healthy.