Latifa Skydiving in Dubai

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum is the owner of Dubai's Burj Khalifa. His daughter Latifa was an animal rights activist and a devout vegan. The Sheikh has transformed Dubai into a global hotspot for commerce, entertainment and sports. But behind this mirage of prosperity and development is seething systemic oppression.

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This is the story of Dubai’s missing royal; this is the story of Princess Latifa.

The best way to break a spell of awkward silence with your friends, is to ask this simple question: what would you give up for a billion dollars? That’s billion with a ‘b’. And this question takes many forms: would you give up your arms, or your legs, or vision or your relationship, and the toughest of them all, would you give up your dog for a billion dollars? This is a simple rhetorical tool to instill thoughtful humorous banter with your buddies, but what happens when a rhetorical tool is no longer a game? What happens when this question becomes a very real dilemma in somebody’s life?

A princess in Dubai faced this dilemma. Not posed by her friends, but by her very life’s circumstances. The question was: would you give up your freedom for a billion dollars?

Exclusive YouTube episode, Chamari Liyanage: https://youtu.be/hk0-FuqgRNI

Latifa Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN7OEFyNUkQ

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBrgzG_SGU0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kb6Ne21Xa8

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/dubai-rulers-daughter-sheikha-latifa-used-car-dinghy-rode-jet-ski-in-failed-escape-2191012

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56085734

https://freelatifa.com/latifas-escape/

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