From In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses

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🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed’s family keep trying to run away? The New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blake joins In the Dark’s Madeleine Baran to tell the story of the royal women who risked everything to flee the brutality of one of the world’s most powerful men. In four episodes, drawing on thousands of pages of secret correspondence and never-before-heard audio recordings, “The Runaway Princesses” takes listeners behind palace walls, revealing a story of astonishing courage and cruelty.

“The Runaway Princesses” is a four-part narrative series from In the Dark and The New Yorker. To keep listening, follow In the Dark wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:42.1	There is a story that has absolutely captivated me, a story you need to hear about the runaway princesses.
0:50.0	The leader of Dubai's wives and children live in unbelievable luxury.
0:56.0	So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed's family keep trying to run away
1:02.0	from in the dark and the New Yorker.
1:05.1	An investigative reporter gets a glimpse behind the palace walls
1:08.6	in this extraordinary new mini series, The Runaway Princesses.
1:13.4	Keep listening here for an excerpt of the first episode
1:16.2	of In the Dark The Runaway Princesses,
1:18.7	which is now available wherever you get your podcasts.
1:26.7	Hello. ever you get your podcasts. Hello, my name is Latif Almachtoam. I was born on December 5, 1985.
1:31.4	My father is the prime minister of UAE and the ruler of Dubai Muhammad
1:36.6	Rashid Saeed and Magtum. In February of 2018 a princess from the Royal Family in Dubai, sneaked over to a friend's apartment and recorded
1:47.3	a video.
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