Race Across The World's Zainib and Mobeen open up about adoption dreams ahead of final

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Psychiatrist Zainib Khan and husband Mobeen get emotional opening up about their difficulties having a family and plans to adopt in tonight’s final of Race Across The World.The 32-year-old and Mobeen, 31, a trauma orthopaedic surgeon and trainee registrar, bag a lift with truck driver Brett on their last lift to the St John’s finish line.When he makes small talk about what stories they’ll be able to tell their children about the adventure, the floodgates open.Zainib, from Glasgow, said: “We’ve been considering adoption for a while but for whatever reason it hasn’t happened, so when we met Brett it was destiny.“We hadn’t met anyone who had been adopted so to get his perspective was so inspiring.“He was such a nice man and spoke so openly and candidly to us.

It was a surreal and inspiring experience.”Mobeen, who will be seen breaking down, admitted talking about it was unexpected.He said: “I don’t show emotion often, so to become teary in front of a stranger was a shock even to me.“Speaking on the programme about it was also rather unexpected.“Through our experiences and meeting people, it became a topic we talked about on a few occasions.“We’d both love to be parents for sure.

We have had a privileged and loving upbringing, so we feel we have it in us to do the same.”Glaswegian Zainib and Mobeen, from Manchester, met at Glasgow University in 2010 and after they graduated he carried on working in the city for a further two years before they both moved to his home town in 2017.In a rut dominated by work and finding it difficult to start a family, the pair decided to try for the BBC adventure series Race Across The World, which returned this year after a three-year break because of Covid.Tonight, after eight episodes, we