Just Wow---
https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/why-do-the-wives-and-daughters-of-dubai-s-sheikh-mohammed-keep-trying-to-escape-20191230-p53noy.html
Why do the wives and daughters of Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed keep trying to escape?
Princess Latifa, daughter of Dubai’s billionaire ruler, fled her “gilded cage” two years ago. Captured by commandos off India’s coastline, she hasn’t been seen since.
When we got in the car on the day of our escape, I turned to Latifa and said, ‘We’re like Thelma and Louise,’ ” says Tiina Jauhiainen, with a small smile at the bittersweet memory. “But then Latifa cried out, ‘No, no, don’t say that! Their story doesn’t have a happy ending.’ ”
That was two years ago, on February 24, 2018, the day Princess Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, tried to escape her life as a Dubai princess, with the help of her best friend, Tiina.
At 32, it was the first time Latifa had ever been in the front seat of a car, having always had a driver and travelled in the back. The escape was the result of a seven-year plan that involved driving into Oman, taking a dinghy into international waters, and boarding a yacht to Sri Lanka, from where Latifa hoped to fly to the United States and claim political asylum
“Latifa was initially relieved when we got to the boat, but every day she was growing increasingly worried that her father might already be after her,” says Tiina. “At times, the days on the boat felt really, really long. It got hotter the closer we got to India, and the boat was full of cockroaches. Escaping on a yacht sounds glamorous, but it was the opposite. We spent most of our time downstairs, trying to contact journalists on our phones, as Latifa felt that might protect her.”
But after just eight days on board the yacht, captained by Hervé Jaubert (a Frenchman whose help Latifa had enlisted after she read about his own escape from Dubai), the princess’s short-lived freedom came to an abrupt end off the coast of Goa, when the two women heard gunshots from the upper deck. “Latifa immediately realised they’d come after us,” recalls Tiina. “We were downstairs hiding in the bathroom. We were scared, hugging each other. There was nowhere to go.”
The cabin began to fill with smoke. “We later realised they were stun grenades,” explains Tiina, and the pair were forced onto the upper deck, where they were met by several commandos pointing machine guns at them. “It was pitch black with the red lights of the laser sights pointed at different parts of our bodies. I was pushed to the floor, in a pool of blood [several crew members had been injured]. They tied my hands and shouted, ‘Close your eyes! Don’t move or we’ll shoot you.’
“We were taken back to Dubai. That was the last time I saw Latifa. She was being dragged off the boat, kicking and screaming, yelling that she was seeking political asylum. They ignored her. The whole situation was so unreal. I wish I’d said something, but I was paralysed. They threatened to shoot my brain out if I spoke. It was shocking. It was beyond my comprehension.”
they are proud, they are not proud??--lets discuss on that please 
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