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11 Nov 2026

The National · 40 minutes ago

'Different does not mean difficult': UAE disability advocate Shobhika Kalra launches memoir

· Cairo time

'Different does not mean difficult': UAE disability advocate Shobhika Kalra launches memoir

Disability advocate Shobhika Kalra is nursing a throat infection on the day of our interview. It's unfortunate timing, coming just a day before she's due to launch her memoir, The World Wasn't Built for Me, So I Built My Own, at the Sharjah International Book Fair on November 11.But the 36-year-old is in good spirits. It's an attitude that has carried her through much of her life, even as Friedreich's ataxia, a progressive neurological disorder…