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Inside Dubai’s secretive society
Two months ago Princess Haya, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, apparently fled to London. The Times Middle East correspondent, Richard Spencer, who lived in the city for three years, reveals the personal and political tensions beneath the emirate’s five-star resorts and all-seeing surveillance cameras
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‘Even though she was a princess, all she ever wanted was to be free’
As the UK courts put the spotlight on the fate of the missing Princess Latifa, her best friend tells Radhika Sanghani why she hopes it could finally lead to her freedom…
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Inside the lavish but medieval world of Dubai’s sheikh
A court case in London is expected to lay bare the reality of life in the UAE. “Discover all that’s possible”, urges the official Dubai tourist website, encouraging visitors to escape to the city state for a sun-soaked holiday
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Why Are Arab Princesses Running Away From Home?
From Princess Haya to Sheikha Latifa, our top reads on why the Gulf’s rich and famous want out. This week, Princess Haya, the estranged wife of Dubai’s ruler and half-sister of the Jordanian king, filed an order of protection in a London court. Princess Haya, who fled the United Arab Emirates to escape her husband…
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Dubai royal couple’s divorce is fraught with complications
When the glamorous, estranged, 46-year-old Princess Haya of Dubai quickly retreated, not to the welcoming bosom of her Jordanian family but straight to the British courts to try to keep custody of her children, a harsh spotlight was firmly beamed onto the patriarchal societies of the Middle East. For more than a decade, Haya used…
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Dubai’s Princess Haya wants protection from the glitzy city’s ruler. She’s not the first.
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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Princess Haya of Dubai asks judge to protect her child from forced marriage
The estranged wife of the billionaire ruler of Dubai is seeking a court order to protect her child from being forced into marriage.
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Court hearings begin in Princess Haya divorce case against powerful Dubai ruler
The billionaire ruler of Dubai and his sixth wife are locked in a matrimonial dispute in a London courtroom that could tear apart one of the Middle East’s most powerful families and cause political fallout across the region. Princess Haya bint al-Hussein left the royal palace in Dubai for Germany last month and then headed…
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Princess Haya, Wife of Dubai’s Ruler, Seeks Protective Order
The estranged sixth wife of the ruler of Dubai asked a London court on Tuesday to protect her child from being forced into marriage, escalating a standoff within one of the world’s wealthiest royal families that has so far been cloaked in secrecy.
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Dubai ruler’s estranged wife seeks forced marriage protection order in London court
The ruler of Dubai and his wealthy estranged wife Princess Haya begin their legal battle in a London courtroom. The estranged wife of Dubai’s ruler is seeking court orders to prevent one of her children from the risk of having a forced marriage, as a court battle between the pair begins in London.