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This is an archive article published on June 7, 1998

"Why Viagra? Just fish will do"

DUBAI, JUNE 6: A United Arab Emirates national with 46 children has advised his countrymen to forget male potency drug Viagra and eat plenty...

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DUBAI, JUNE 6: A United Arab Emirates national with 46 children has advised his countrymen to forget male potency drug Viagra and eat plenty of fish instead, the daily Emirates News said today.

Ahmed Rashid Bin Aboud, 48, who lives in the Emirate of Fuiairah on the UAE’s East Coast, said he had 23 sons and 23 daughter from eight wives, one of whom had given birth to 17 children, the official newspaper said. “Eat fish, and more fish,” Aboud was quoted as saying. “I spend 200 dirhams (54 dollars) every day on fish.”

The paper said the prolific father was living with three wives and had divorced the other five. The paper said he was looking for a fourth wife aged 15 to 20 and wanted more offspring.

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His children regularly go out on picnics to get to know each other, the Emirates News said.

Viagra is not legally available in the UAE. Islamic law permits men to have up to four wives at the same time.

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