The celebratory fireworks illuminating the skies across the UAE coincided with the first cries of newborns, marking the beginning of 2024 with double delight in hospitals across the country. At 12.01 am, Emirati-Syrian couple, Mohammed Khamis Alswaidi and Shereen Mohammed, welcomed their baby boy Zayed Alswaidi at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. Baby Zayed, born weighing 3.3 kg, has doubled the joy for the family on New Year’s Day.