Introducing The Runaway Princesses from In The Dark and The New Yorker

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 14 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The ruling family of Dubai lives a life of unbelievable luxury.
0:06.0	It's truly a lifestyle most can only dream of.
0:09.0	So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed's family keep trying to run away?
0:15.6	From in the dark in the New Yorker, an investigative reporter gets a glimpse behind the
0:20.3	palace walls in this extraordinary new mini series, The Runaway Princesses. the princesses which is now available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.4	Hello, my name is Latif al-Maktoam.
0:38.3	I was born in December 5, 1985.
0:41.6	My father is the Prime Minister of UAE and the ruler of Dubai,
0:47.0	Muhammad Rashid Saeed and Magtum.
0:50.0	In February of 2018, a princess from the Royal Family in Dubai, sneaked over to a friend's apartment and recorded a video.
1:00.0	I'm making this video because it could be the last video I make.
1:04.3	It was part of a secret plan that took her years to put together
1:11.7	to escape from Dubai.
1:14.0	The plan involved an inflatable dinghy and jet skis
1:17.8	and a yacht secretly waiting out in the Indian Ocean.
1:21.9	Princess Latifah left her video with friends.
1:24.5	She told them to release it if something went wrong.
1:27.6	And if you are watching this video, it's not such a good thing.
1:31.9	Either I'm dead or I'm in a very, very bad situation.
1:35.0	She said, I don't know what's happening outside I hear gun shots men and then we just
1:44.2	heard nothing it was just a complete blank where are they what they done to them
1:48.4	are they dead but they not dead yeah how did this video get to us? What the hell do we do now? There is one suspect
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