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The English press has reported it for days: Princess Haya, one of the wives of the Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, reportedly fled the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to unconfirmed media reports, she applied for asylum in Germany, but is currently in the UK. She is said to have organized her escape with the help of a German diplomat.
The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Adebahr, said in the government press conference on Monday that she could not confirm such reports. "We have no information on this reported in the press," said Adebahr. Similarly expressed Björn Grünewälder, spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of the Interior also has no relevant information, he explains.
Journey of a princess
But there are also different information. Attorney David Haigh is an activist of the group "Free Latifa", which campaigns for the freedom of Latifa Maktoum, one of the daughters of Sheikh Maktoum. He spent several months detained in a jail in Dubai on charges of fraud. Haigh explains that he was tortured and abused while in detention. Haigh and his team have learned "from several credible sources" that Princess Haya is in the UK, he told ‘ this Monday, "which is also corroborated by statements by Human Rights Watch."
Political scientist and sportswoman: Princess Haya bint al-Hussein
Princess Haya bint al-Hussein is a daughter of King Hussein I. of Jordan, who died in 1999. She is also the younger half-sister of the current Jordanian king Abdullah II. In 2004 she married the Emir of Dubai. Princess Hayat graduated from Oxford University, where she earned a master's degree in political science, philosophy and economics. She is also a passionate sportswoman. In 2000, she represented Jordan at the Olympic Games in Sydney as a show jumper.
Daughters fleeing from their father
If Haya had actually fled, she would not be the first woman from around the Emir who tried that. In August 2000, Sheikh Maktoum's daughter Shamsa fled her father's property in Surrey County, southeast England. A few weeks later, she was abducted to Cambridge and evidently flown to Dubai the next day. There she spent eight years in prison.
In March last year, Maktoum's daughter Latifa tried to escape. According to a BBC documentary broadcast last year, the young woman planned her escape for seven years. She entrusted herself to a French-American businessman who was to take her to India on his bott. But just before it reached the Indian mainland, it was picked up by the Indian Coast Guard.
While the Frenchman and another Finnish escape assistant were freed after a while, Latifas Spur lost first. In a video shot in advance, now over three million times clicked, she told of her life at the farm: plenty of luxury, but no freedom.
When she rebelled against the system, she was tortured and drugged, the princess in the video said. After a first escape attempt at the age of 16, she was repeatedly beaten, imprisoned and drugged. Something similar had her older sister Shamsa endured after her escape. Shamsa will now be forced to take pills that "make you a zombie" and will be guarded around the clock.
The controversial stay of Mary Robinson in Dubai
In December 2018, the state news agency WAM published two photos. They show Princess Latifa in the presence of former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson. She seems to be connected to the sheikh in loose friendship. The photos proved that Latifa lives. But the young woman made an absent impression in the photos.
Princess Latifa after her escape, here in the presence of former UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson
David Haigh now also plays against ‘ in these pictures. The human rights lawyer considers Robinson's trip to Dubai a mistake because it has helped legitimize the rule system. Commenting on the alleged escape of Princess Haya, Haigh said, "The recent shocking development provides Mary Robinson with a unique opportunity to make good on her heavily criticized trip to Dubai last December." She just had to explain that she had been deceived at the time.
The sheikh as a poet
Sheikh Makhtoum has not commented on the disappearance of his wife so far. However, there is a poem on his verified Instagram account, which can also be read as a confrontation with the disappearance of his wife.
Also active as a poet: Emir Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
"You lived and died" is the title. It states among other things (translated by ‘ Arabic):
"Some mistakes are called infidelity / You have crossed your limits and were disloyal
You abused my trust / I have looked through your games
With your actions, you thought to offend me / Instead, you performed unworthily
Your devilish behavior will not benefit you / It does not matter to me whether you are dead or alive. "
Three women have fled from the author of these lines. Your view is still pending.
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