It gave her a sense of freedom, and adrenalin, and a reason to get up in the morning, says Tiina. She left a video to prove it", "Ex-spy: Daughter of Dubai ruler missing since escape attempt", "Call for clarity on Dubai missing princess", "Sheikha Latifa: Mary Robinson 'backed Dubai version of events', "UAE princess's relative paid for Mary Robinson's flight to see her in Dubai", "Robinson 'had nothing to do' with press ban on her speech", "Mary Robinson labelled a 'willing pawn' over visit with UAE princess", "Mary Robinson says she feels 'horribly tricked' by the family of Dubai's Princess Latifa", "Princess Latifa: 'Hostage' ordeal of Dubai ruler's daughter revealed", "In Videos, Dubai Princess Says She Is a 'Hostage', "A princess raced to escape Dubai's powerful ruler. Like his predecessor, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, he is also the Vice President and the Prime Minister of the UAE. The Al Maktoum family is Dubai's ruling family and descendants of the House of Al-Falasi, of which Sheikh Mohammed is the tribal leader. [5] During Mohammed's rule, Dubai has seen enormous population growth, causing a real estate boom in Dubai. [87] Both his thoroughbreds and endurance horses have failed drug tests although his trainers (including Mahmood Al Zarooni) have accepted the blame. His wife awarded the team a further 25 million dirhams ($6.8 million), while the pair's grandsons contributed 12 million dirhams ($3.3 million). She has a child with her husband and was born in February 1994. Cultivation takes place at multiple levels due to the sloping terrain. Sheikha Al Jalila bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 2 December 2007). Meanwhile, the UN have asked for proof she is still alive. [46][47], On 19 October 2020, Mohammed led the UAE Council of Ministers meeting that ratified a peace agreement with Israel, normalizing diplomatic relationships between the countries. At the entrance of the village stands the Acropolis, an imposing rock called Kastelos, on top of which there is the cavernous church of The Holy Cross. WebSheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum and his estranged wife, Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent It's described as the biggest Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake, What we've learned from Alex Murdaugh murder trial. But shes not. A princess in her own right, she was born to the late King Hussein of Jordan, was educated at the British private schools Badminton and Bryanston, studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford and is a renowned Olympic equestrian. But its coming to a point where I have to think about myself, too.. It was mental torture. [94][95], Mohammed is a poet in classical Arabic as well as the Bedouin (colloquial) Nabati style. Today, held at the Meydan Racecourse, the race meeting carries a prize of $27 million. Shes one of the most high-profile women in the Arab world., It is the first sign of good news Tiina has had in the past two years. WebHow many wives does Sheikh Mohammed have? The judgment provides Princess Haya with sums to cover the cost of running two multi-million pound properties - one next to London's Kensington Palace, as well as her main residence in Egham, Surrey. However, princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan, the sheik's sixth and youngest wife, is no stranger to the spotlight. [65], Through the 1970s, as well as his role as head of Dubai Defence Force and UAE minister of defence, Mohammed oversaw Dubai's energy resources and was in charge of Dubai Civil Aviation. Horizon elite organic olive oil is produced in the Cretan village of Kalamafka in the southern foothills of the Diktian mountain range, located 12km north of Ierapetra and 24km west of Agios Nikolaos. Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, has welcomed a new addition to his family, a baby boy named Mohammed. Princess Latifa and best friend Tiina Jauhiainen during their escape from Dubai in 2018. Credit: Sheikh Mohammed, 70, is largely credited with turning Dubai into the global, glamorous city it is today. Why do the wives and daughters of Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed keep trying to escape. She also claims she is the only woman in Jordan licensed to drive heavy trucks. Each of the Sheikhs wives has her own separate home, and they are not encouraged to mix with each other. Read about our approach to external linking. [22], In 2006, a UNICEF-sponsored program with the UAE government resulted in the repatriation of hundreds of children formerly enslaved as camel jockeys, and provided them with social services and compensation upon return to their home countries of Pakistan, Sudan, Mauritania, and Bangladesh. [97] An initiative by Mohammed in 2015 saw Dubai's Metro stations turned into art galleries in the period leading up to Art Dubai 2015. The hack was made using invasive spyware called Pegasus, which infects targeted phones and was produced by the Israeli firm NSO Group. Latifa always wanted to help her, though. He owns Darley Stud, the biggest horse breeding operation in the world with farms in the United States, Ireland, England, and Australia. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been in the headlines this week regarding the whereabouts of his daughter Princess Latifa but what else do we know about the Dubai rulers private life? [74][bettersourceneeded], Mohammed made a grant of 600 houses to Gaza following the 20082009 Gaza war. Hamad bin Nasser Al Khalifa (born 6 June 2012). A hundred people or more lived in his house, including guards and slaves. On February 19, UAEs embassy in London issued a statement saying she is being cared for at home and supported by her family and medical professionals.. [142][143], Mohammed owns real estate in the United Kingdom worth more than 100 million British pounds, as well as properties in Rome through a company registered in Luxembourg. Rashid bin Mohammed Al Sharqi (born 15 December 2015). It was constructed on an island offshore from the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, the first property managed by Jumeirah,[68] the hotel management company launched by Mohammed in 1997 and headed by ex-Trust House Forte executive Gerald Lawless. Since he began ruling Dubai in 2006, he has launched a number of major businesses,making his familys worth an estimated $US4 billion, all while managing to regularly post his own poetry on Instagram to his 4.9 million followers. [64], Mohammed's personal corporate portfolio is the Dubai Holding Group, which is involved in a variety of investments. Shaikha bint Maktoum Al Maktoum (born 25 January 2023). I wish Id said something, but I was paralysed. Registered by an Emirati firm, Axiom Limited, the three companies were Tandem Investco Limited and Tandem DirectorCo Limited in BVI and Allied International Investments Limited in the Bahamas. [82][bettersourceneeded] Becoming an owner in his own right, ten years later he won his first race with Hatta at Brighton. Her son, for example, aged just nine, has been given three expensive cars as he was "accustomed to being given cars as gifts". [116][117][118] The cause of the departure was unknown. Cecil took the argument public and Mohammed removed all his horses from Cecil's stable. [71][bettersourceneeded] In November 2000, it was joined by Dubai Media City, a content and media production-free zone, which is co-located with DIC. [59][60] The Emirates Lunar Mission will use a rover reportedly built entirely in the UAE,[61] and is scheduled for 2022. [84], Godolphin's first win, Balanchine taking the Oaks at Epsom Downs, England, in 1994, was to mark the beginning of a winning streak with horses such as Lammtarra, Daylami, Fantastic Light, Street Cry, Sulamani, Dubawi, and Ramonti among them. [100], On 11 March 2018, a video was released of Sheikha Latifa[101][102][103] after her failed attempt to flee the UAE and subsequent disappearance,[104] in which she claimed she was fleeing from her family, made allegations of abuse, and said her father was responsible for a number of murders, including the murder of his deceased older brother's wife. The judgment includes evidence provided by Princess Haya that she had been blackmailed by members of her security staff over an affair she had with one of them. In this respect, Law No. He never replied. A class-action suit was filed against him in the US state of Florida. But within a matter of years, she left him. The governments of Dubai and the UAE have not responded to requests for comment from the BBC. The UAE government set aside US$2.7 million in initial funding in 2005 with an additional $9 million for the second phase, and to enforce compliance, adopted a law officially banning the practice with penalties of jail time and a $27,200 fine. I was abused, I had my daughter taken off me, they threatened me, they did this and that. And these are the ones we know about. [38], In 2001, Sheikh Mohammed ordered the arrest of Obaid Saqr bin-Busit, the head of Dubai Customs and the chairman of the World Customs Association. His sons Rashid, Ahmed, Majid, and Hamdan took the team gold in endurance riding,[90] his niece Latifa took a bronze in show jumping,[91] and his daughter Maitha led the UAE team in taekwondo. A further $75 million in facilities and materials was provided, but Emirates has always maintained that it has received no further subsidies throughout the company's meteoric growth to become one of the world's leading airlines. They have two children - Jalila, 13, and Zayed, 9. Houria Ahmed Lamara is Princess Latifas mother and one of Sheikh Mohammeds six wives. The other five are Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, Princess Haya bint Hussein, Randa bint Mohammed Al-Banna, Delila Aloula and Zoe Grigorakos. [92] In 2013 when the UAE National football team won the Gulf Cup, Mohammed gave the team 50 million dirhams ($13.7 million). [4] According to a 2021 analysis by The Guardian and Transparency International, Sheikh Mohammed is one of the largest landowners in the UK, owning more than 100,000 acres. [34] Following a spirited firefight between the Union Defence Force and Saqr's forces mostly Egyptian mercenaries who had entered the UAE through Ras Al Khaimah[32] Sheikh Mohammed accepted Saqr's surrender. She is married to. Dubai Millennium, said to be Mohammed's favourite, won nine of his ten starts before succumbing to injury followed by grass sickness in 2001.[85]. Sheikh Mohammed and the Dubai Royal Court claim she is safe in the loving care of her family. Yet behind his public image as a progressive ruler of a forward-thinking country lies a more controversial side. Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum is the senior wife and consort of Sheikh Mohammed. He said he had no intention of causing harm to the princess. For us, this is a huge step. We were scared, hugging each other. [139] In 2022, the High Court of England and Wales ruled and mandated that Mohammed must not have direct contact with his children by Haya, or input into decision-making about them, because of his coercive and abusive behaviour which "had emotionally and psychologically harmed their children". Sheikha Shamma bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 13 November 2001). It was in this latter role, in March 1985, that he founded Emirates Airline,[65] tasking then-head of dnata, Maurice Flanagan, with launching a new airline to be called Emirates after a dispute with Gulf Air over Dubai's 'Open Skies' policy. Sheikha Maryam bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (I) (born 11 August 1987). [64] Dubai Holding benefits from its association with the ruling family of Dubai, and is given free land by the Dubai government. Mohammed has overseen the development of certain projects in Dubai including the creation of a technology park, a free economic zone, Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City,[8] the Dubai International Finance Centre, the Palm Islands[9] and the Burj Al Arab hotel. Tiina now hopes that Latifas story will move other Arab women to speak up about the way they are treated. Video, Rescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. I know its what Latifa would want. When Latifa, now 34, finally shared her story with Tiina, it proved to be an unthinkable contrast to the superficially luxurious appearance of her life as an Arab princess, living in her mothers private palace, complete with a staff of 100 and its own gym. Rashid bin Mansoor Al Nahyan (born 22 March 2017). [22] On 19 September 2022, he attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, London.[140]. In recent years, there have been a number of high-profile cases of people, including foreigners, being imprisoned and allegedly badly treated at the hands of the countrys security services. Web2004 - Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai and vice president of the United Arab Emirates, marries Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, half sister of Jordanian King Abdullah. Partly owned by the Dubai Holding, in which Sheikh Mohammed owns major shares, Axiom Limited used the three companies to expand its core business. She was born in Finland, where her parents have a flower business, and went to university in London, before moving to Dubai in 2001. By 1992, Mohammed had started 'wintering' his horses in Dubai, frequently against the advice of trainers and pundits in the UK. Having attended school in the United Kingdom, he became part of the everyday running of the country. 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