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During the month of April, the pioneers of social networking sites in the United Arab Emirates were surprised by a new account on the Instagram application called Soylati and claims to be owned by Sheikha Latifa, daughter of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who topped the headlines of international newspapers during the year 2021, while trying to escape outside the countries of the Emirates Then she detained her in one of her father's palaces in the Emirate of Dubai, what is the story of escape and who is Princess Sheikha Latifa?

She was born from an Emirati father and an Algerian mother

Princess Sheikha Latifa was born on December 5, 1985, and she is a member of the ruling family in Dubai, because she is the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, from his Algerian wife, Houra Ahmed Lahsh, and Sheikha Latifa has three brothers, two brothers, who are; Sheikha Maitha, Sheikha Shamsa and Sheikh Majid.

She studied plastic art and was having to jump with umbrellas

Sheikha Latifa studied painting and plastic art and she loved to jump with umbrellas, which she learned at the hands of her friend and coach, "Stephane Martiningo", former world champion in the jumping of umbrellas. For six years, she managed to develop the field of equestrian in the UAE and won several local championships during the year 2003, including the jumping championship over the barriers in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and at the international level she participated in the Asian Games in 2006 in Qatar and won the Emirati team the bronze medal at the game level.

Her attempts to escape the country

During the month of February 2018, Princess Sheikha planned to escape outside the country in the hope of starting a new life away from her father's domination, at the time, she prepared her plan with the help of her friend Tina Johanin, and about the reasons for her attempt to escape, the princess stated in a recording of her that she is not allowed to drive the car or to leave Dubai, and added She has not left the country for many years and asked her father again and again to travel to study, but she was never allowed.

Sheikha Latifa was prevented from using her passport and was subject to strict and continuous monitoring, and for this she decided to escape with Tina by heading to the Omani coast, and from there they decided to start towards international waters, but their arrival at international waters took a long time as they independently of jet skis and then a boat, and by evening they managed to Reaching the yacht that would have been launched towards freedom, but that did not happen.

Princess Sheikha Latifa's escape plan failed

According to the plan developed by the princess, she should have escaped a sea across the Indian Ocean and then headed to the United States and there it was to seek political asylum, but after eight days at sea and before approaching the Indian coasts the plan failed miserably; Where armed men ascended to the board of the yacht and the princess hid in the bathroom, but the armed men fired gas canisters in order to force her to climb to the roof of the yacht.

Princess Sheikha Latifa returns to her prison

The armed men managed to hold the princess and in this context Tina tells that the princess was screaming and kicking her man and saying, "Do not return me to the Emirates, kill me here" and this was the last time that Tina saw her friend, the princess, after that the princess appeared in video recordings and she said that she was transferred at a time He was later on an Indian warship and returned to the UAE, and there she was detained by one of her father's palaces, where she tried from there to re -communicate with her friend Tina and she told her that she is in a villa, but all the windows are closed and policemen are surrounded by everywhere.