Why Are Women Escaping Dubai?

Why Are Women Escaping Dubai?


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Sheikh Mohammed responsible for abducting daughters, UK High Court finds
March 05, 2020

RN Breakfast | ABC Radio | March 6, 2020 The British High Court has delivered an astonishing ruling in a legal case between the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, and his former wife, Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain, who fled last year to Londo

Dubai Ruler Loses Court Battle In London
March 04, 2020

The World Tonight | BBC Radio 4 | March 5, 2020 Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum abducted two daughters, ran intimidation campaign against wife. Source: Dubai ruler loses court battle in London

Flight of the Princess
February 17, 2020

Flight of the Princess | Vanity Fair | March 2020 A year after one of Sheikh Mohammed’s daughters attempted to flee Dubai, his wife Princess Haya escaped to London. Now the royal couple is battling over their children in Britain’s biggest

Why do Dubai’s princesses keep trying to run away?
September 07, 2019

Today in Focus | The Guardian | September 8, 2019 Ola Salem discusses the divorce case of Princess Haya, who fled to London. Why do royal women keep trying to escape the emirate? Over the summer, Princess Haya, the estranged wife of the ruler of Du

Who is Princess Haya?
July 30, 2019

Woman’s Hour | BBC Radio 4 | July 31, 2019 The ruler of Dubai and his estranged wife, Princess Haya, are in court this week battling over the welfare of their children. Princess Haya fled Dubai earlier this year and has been reportedly living in

Dubai princess in hiding
July 14, 2019

Nine To Noon | RNZ | July 15, 2019 Dubai’s Princess Haya is in hiding in London, reportedly in ‘fear for her life’. Guest: Sebastian Usher, Middle East correspondent Source: Dubai princess in hiding

Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussein has fled from her husband, the ruler of Dubai
July 07, 2019

RN Breakfast | ABC Radio | July 9, 2019 Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussein has fled from her husband, the ruler of Dubai. Writer Ola Salem says it’s not unusual among the Gulf’s super-rich ruling families. Source: Princess Haya Bint Al-Huss

A Royal Marriage Gone Wrong
July 06, 2019

Weekend Edition Sunday Weekend Edition Sunday | NPR | July 7, 2019 NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks the BBC’s Frank Gardner why Haya Bint al-Hussein, the wife of Dubai’s ruler, is said to be in hiding in London. Source: A Royal M

Tiina Jauhiainen is interviewed about Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum and Princess Haya bint Hussein
July 06, 2019

Broadcasting House | BBC Radio 4 | July 7, 2019 Tiina Jauhiainen is interviewed about Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum and Princess Haya bint Hussein, and their individual escapes from Dubai. The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy

The sheikh and the princess: the smiling’s over
July 04, 2019

The World This Week | BBC World Service | July 5, 2019 Princess Haya is believed to have fled the ruler of Dubai. Now court proceedings are under way in London, as Hanan Razak tells Caroline Wyatt. Source: The sheikh and the princess: the smiling’