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Dubai claims ruler’s missing daughter ‘celebrated birthday with her family’
Statement from Dubai Ruler’s Court says Sheikha Latifa, who has not been seen publicly since March, is ‘safe’ with her family in the emirate.
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Jailed princess learnt to scuba dive for thwarted escape from ‘abusive’ father
An Emirati princess spent seven years plotting her escape from the country by sea, including learning how to scuba dive in her pool, only to be thwarted 30 miles from the coast of India.
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Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess
A damning indictment of an unjust regime. The murder of Jamal Khashoggi and botched cover-up exposed the extrajudicial brutality at the heart of Saudi Arabia, as well as the international community’s depressing reluctance to do anything meaningful about it. If BBC Two’s recent, superb Maid in Hell documented the routine exploitation of immigrants across the…
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Escape From Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess review – a shocking tale of complicity and betrayal
Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum vanished in February, apparently attempting to escape the UAE. This is the story of the tape she left behind
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Missing Emirati princess ‘planned escape for seven years’
Daughter of Dubai’s ruler was seized from yacht off Indian coast after she fled UAE, according to BBC report.
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French ex-spy reveals messages from Dubai’s ‘runaway princess’ as they plotted her escape
‘I’ve been mistreated all my life’: Spy reveals messages sent from Dubai’s ‘runaway Princess’ as she spent seven years planning her escape, only to be snatched back by UAE commandos
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Missing Emirati princess ‘planned escape for seven years’
Daughter of Dubai’s ruler was seized from yacht off Indian coast after she fled UAE, according to BBC report
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Dubai princess: ‘Either I’m dead or I’m in a very, very, very bad situation’ – video
Sheikha Latifa, a daughter of Dubai’s ruler, appeared in a YouTube video in March announcing she was about to flee the UAE. Concern is growing over her whereabouts and wellbeing after reports she was forcibly returned
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Escape From Dubai: The Mystery Of The Missing Princess
8 months ago, when Tiina Jauhiainen and Hervé Jaubert landed in the UK after being kidnapped alongside Princess Latifa one of their first visits was to the iconic BBC Broadcasting House. Along with David Haigh and Radha Stirling the team met with an award-winning BBC documentary team. In her YouTube video message Princess Latifa was very clear, that in the event she was…
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Newmarket snubs sheikh by blocking town honour
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum is a man with many titles, not least the ruler of Dubai and vice-president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). One title he will not be enjoying in the immediate future is that of freeman of Newmarket after the town council refused him the honour because of…