You Only Live Twice: When Inner Strength Is All You Have

What would you do if the Doctors said that you wouldn't survive?

Growing up in Dubai, I was a typical 15-year-old teenager who struggled with high school life. Just when I thought that a fun school trip to London was going to give me a break from the stresses of school life, the universe had different plans.

Finding myself in a hospital bed in London when my friends were watching shows and having fun times, I was critically ill and fighting to survive. Who knew that a simple cough would turn...