In pictures: Indian conjoined twins
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Conjoined twins Saba, left, and Farah could soon have surgery to separate them. (Pictures by Prashant Ravi unless otherwise indicated) -
Mother Rabiya Khatoon and other family members are praying for a miracle. -
The 10-year-old twins share an artery that carries blood to their hearts. -
Doctors will have to separate their brains where the sisters share a blood drainage vessel. -
Farah (right) has two kidneys while Saba has none and will require a kidney transplant. -
The girls' father, Mohammad Shakeel Ahmed, owns a restaurant but cannot not afford to pay for their treatment. -
Abu Dhabi's crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has offered to bear the costs of any surgery. -
The twins try and live as normally as they can. They love Bollywood movies and enjoy Hindi film songs. -
Conjoined twins are extremely rare, occurring in as few as one in every 200,000 births and most of them are girls. -
The sisters underwent a series of tests in the Indian capital before doctors said an operation to separate them was viable.