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Noble Blood

The Sheika Kept Prisoner (with Heidi Blake)

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.813.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In 2018, Sheika Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, attempted a daring escape to international waters, away from what she characterized as a dangerous and oppresive life among her family. She was captured and brought back to the United Arab Emirates, and though there have been public statements saying she is safe and content, her wellbeing has become a matter of international concern. Dana is joined by New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blake.

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0:00.0

A small town with secrets hidden for centuries.

0:03.0

You turn up in Danville just as the town sees its first real crime in decades?

0:07.7

And a curious stranger who may be their only chance for survival.

0:11.6

I'm talking about the murder and disappearance in small town, New Hampshire.

0:14.4

What do you think?

0:15.3

This is consumed, an all new supernatural audio thriller inspired by the novel by Aaron Mankey.

0:21.9

I did not wake up this morning prepared to deal with forces beyond my understanding.

0:25.6

Please, I call that breakfast. Listen to Consumed on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

0:31.1

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:36.7

Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Manky, listener discretion advised.

0:45.0

Curled inside the empty spare tire compartment inside the trunk of an Audi.

0:54.2

Beneath several blue bags of heavy Ikea furniture, a 32 year old woman named Latifah held her breath.

1:03.0

She was attempting to sneak across the border

1:06.0

from the United Arab Emirates to Oman,

1:09.0

where hopefully she would make it onto the boat that would bring her to international

1:15.2

waters where she hoped she would be free.

1:19.7

Latifah's full name was Chika Latifah Bint Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum, and she was the daughter of

1:27.2

the ruling Amir of Dubai, Shek Muhammad.

1:31.6

For years Latifah had been studying and cultivating relationships with people who could

1:37.9

help her escape her repressive home. She even trained in extreme sports so that she would be ready for

1:46.4

whatever she needed to do. That was how Latifah had met a woman named Tina

1:51.9

Yahanin, a Finnish woman living in Dubai who gave Latifah private

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