A widow, who has seven children and is a grandmother to 10, is still waiting for a new house almost two decades after the family home in Old Muharraq was demolished by the government with an intention to rebuild it.
For five years, from 2005 to 2010, Mariam Hammad, aged 64, and her husband were moved around apartments.
After the death of her husband due to chronic illnesses, she moved in with one of her sons in his social home in Hamad Town.
However, now that her son’s children have grown up, Ms Hammad says that she feels she is a burden on her son.
“I just want to return back to my Muharraq Station in Old Muharraq, I miss everyone there from relatives and neighbours,” Ms Hammad told the GDN at an extraordinary Muharraq Council Meeting yesterday where her case was highlighted by area councillor Dalal Al Meghawi.
