"Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Jan 27th 2013, 11:58 am
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"Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Before an Emirati couple can get married, they have to pass a medical examination...............
I suppose you lot all knew that.......
I suppose you lot all knew that.......
Jan 27th 2013, 12:01 pm
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
To prove what? No STDs? They're not siblings? He can hold his weight on his elbows? I think we should be told...
Jan 27th 2013, 12:04 pm
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Shocking, as I know plenty welsh people that aren't subject to the same tests...
Jan 27th 2013, 12:06 pm
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
its to detect Thalasemia and anemia sickle, which aparently is more common here, so nothing saucy.
Jan 27th 2013, 12:06 pm
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
The main point of the medical exam is to check for various genetic illnesses such as thalassemia. If both are found to have the gene for thalassemia they are advised of the risks for any children and what they will need to do. The original idea was to discourage the couple from marrying but its had almost no success. As a result and due to extreme consanguinity a rare ressesive condition is at the highest levels any where on earth and uses about 50-75% of all blood supplies in the country.
Jan 27th 2013, 12:15 pm
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Thanks for the replies - I had no idea that the policy/rule even existed........ as you were...... 
Jan 27th 2013, 3:31 pm
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
shame they dont do HIV tests... the number of ladies that find out when they are pregnant and in their early 20s is sad 
Jan 27th 2013, 4:27 pm
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Diabetes is also a problem which has been exacerbated by the interbreeding.
Jan 27th 2013, 9:09 pm
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100 generations of cross-cousin marriage ! Wow ! Not good for the gene pool.
Jan 28th 2013, 9:03 am
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
Apparently there's an institution somewhere remote that houses the poor unwanted offspring of many of these marriages .
A bit like the one The House Of Windsor have
A bit like the one The House Of Windsor have
Jan 28th 2013, 10:12 am
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Re: "Things I Didn't Know About The UAE Until Today: No 578"
It's the place up at Hatta isn't it?
