![Sarah last month as she continues to recover.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/K4IGZTYL6JFEJKQCJUT4ZMQM5I.jpg?smart=true&auth=2392bc07067df5d3561fda71e353bf1e2f61607b31ccd85faa3db7ed2ebe5d9e&width=400&height=225)
![Sarah Agha with her husband Joao Garcia. She documented her cancer journey with photos, including her hair loss and regrowth.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/43BMWQY2DJEGJNW6JNOL5AG2E4.jpg?smart=true&auth=350ed63e2b5e96925493de0fd1518cb64f28a423bad922cbd494c67dbc1a5104&width=400&height=225)
![Sarah shared this image ahead of a double mastectomy in November 23, 2021.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/J7DA3SIIQRA5LOHJU325SVRVPE.jpg?smart=true&auth=6bebf3a4a980e8e24dc087f61b4c1adb3ffd587864da2717cee9b017ec56e6e1&width=400&height=225)
![Sarah has her hair cut back during treatment at Cleveland Clinic.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XZ4XAYRXKBA2FPMZBHW3JBT3NQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=eb5240f275d6a59c2b8d8602e211c3fcfe1d17762cef99f4ce933822be8bbff0&width=400&height=225)
![Sarah with her son Badr, 10, during chemotherapy in 2021.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MPYY35I3VFHRVOU3PMOIGC5GUA.jpg?smart=true&auth=fd789d1b2feb0b1e41aab737039547f0a374c83f0d307dd0e1d1fb9c33c65490&width=400&height=225)
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![Sarah Agha at Disney land Paris in August 2022 with her daughter Ruby, 7.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HRILXBBDSVFYJMAEYBCAUAYOAM.jpg?smart=true&auth=bb13eacad28bf2a573e7196bad7516104c4a803c7e3e0762953a88f81a4b0bb2&width=400&height=225)
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![Sarah Agha with her husband Joao Garcia. She documented her cancer journey with photos, including her hair loss and regrowth.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/43BMWQY2DJEGJNW6JNOL5AG2E4.jpg?smart=true&auth=350ed63e2b5e96925493de0fd1518cb64f28a423bad922cbd494c67dbc1a5104&width=400&height=225)
![Sarah shared this image ahead of a double mastectomy in November 23, 2021.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/J7DA3SIIQRA5LOHJU325SVRVPE.jpg?smart=true&auth=6bebf3a4a980e8e24dc087f61b4c1adb3ffd587864da2717cee9b017ec56e6e1&width=400&height=225)
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![Sarah with her son Badr, 10, during chemotherapy in 2021.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MPYY35I3VFHRVOU3PMOIGC5GUA.jpg?smart=true&auth=fd789d1b2feb0b1e41aab737039547f0a374c83f0d307dd0e1d1fb9c33c65490&width=400&height=225)
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Cancer survivor 'grateful' for new lease of life shares message of hope
Sarah Agha showed extraordinary bravery as her breasts, uterus and ovaries were removed to stop the cancer spreading
Shireena Al Nowais
October 17, 2022
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