For many little girls becoming a princess is their dream job – but for Dubai’s Princess Latifa it was a living hell. Last February the 33-year-old royal fled her gilded existance with her best friend, Tiina Jauhiainen. But she was caught less than a month later and forcibly returned to the UAE. Princess Latfia has...
In August 2000, Princess Shamsa, a member of the Emirati royal family, took a black Range Rover, drove it to the edge of the $130 million British estate that belonged to her father Sheik Mohammed, abandoned the car and made a dash for freedom. Despite enjoying a life of unparalleled luxury and wealth, Shamsa, then...
Behind the glitz and glamour of royal palaces lie allegations of torture, abuse and incarceration. One after another, why are female members of the royal family fleeing the UAE? In the spring of 2019, news started emerging from what many call the ‘Las Vegas’ of the Middle East: Dubai. Known normally for its swanky skyscrapers and bustling...
Dubai’s ruling dynasty hobnobs with our royals, shops at Harrods and sends its sons to Sandhurst. But as Sheikh Mohammed’s split with his sixth wife shows, its laws and customs can be medieval. THE special bond between Britain and the nations of the United Arab Emirates goes back several hundred years to the lucrative trades...
In February 2018, Princess Latifa of Dubai, one of the emir’s 23 children, fled with her martial arts teacher, and man who says he used to be a French spy.Their escape was cut short by Emirati commandos off the coast of India, who intercepted the group as they sailed away in a yacht.Latifa was forcibly...
The daughter of UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum has attempted suicide three times as a result of her forced imprisonment in one of her father’s palaces, a women who worked for the ruling family has revealed. Speaking to Australian website News.com.au, Tiina Jauhiainen revealed worrying details about the life of Shamsa, who she met...
An ongoing international custody battle between Dubai’s ruler and one of his wives has undermined the deliberately cultivated image of the city as a playground for Western tourists that embraces modern sensibilities in an overwhelmingly conservative part of the world. For many outside the Middle East, Dubai has developed a reputation as a glitzy, cosmopolitan...
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