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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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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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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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Dubai princess seeks forced marriage protection order in UK
Princess Haya embroiled in court proceedings with ruler of city over welfare of their 2 children. Princess Haya, the estranged wife of the billionaire ruler of Dubai, has made an application to a London court for a forced marriage protection order for one of her children as part of a high-profile family dispute.
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Dubai princess seeks forced marriage protection order in UK
Princess Haya embroiled in court proceedings with ruler of city over welfare of their 2 children
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Dubai ruler and wife take royal row to London court
Sensitive case for UAE thrusts personal life of Sheikh Mohammed back into headlines
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Coming soon in UK court: A royal battle between Dubai’s ruler and Jordan’s princess with an Indian twist
Princess Haya of Jordan and her estranged husband Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, have moved applications before a UK court for custody of their two children.
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‘Lives in danger’: Why Dubai’s princesses are fleeing
Three princesses in Dubai’s mega-rich royal family have fled the glittering realm of the powerful, but secretive Sheikh al Maktoum. Here’s why.
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Teen letter lays bare anguish of Shamsa Al Maktoum, the Dubai princess who vanished into thin air
A previously unseen note from the emir’s daughter gives a fresh insight into her attempt to escape his suffocating rule