Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

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human member of a royal family

Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is a member of Dubai’s ruling Al Maktoum family whose reported abduction and forced return to the UAE after attempting to flee in 2000 drew significant international human rights concern.

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Shamsa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
member of a royal family ⓘ
associatedWith allegations of unlawful detention ⓘ
human rights concerns regarding enforced disappearance ⓘ
causeOfInternationalAttention alleged abduction from the United Kingdom and forced return to Dubai ⓘ
countryOfAbductionReported United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Arab Emirates NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1981 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab
familyName Al Maktoum NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum NERFINISHED ⓘ
fatherOccupation Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Ruler of Dubai ⓘ
Vice President of the United Arab Emirates NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Shamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitle Sheikha ⓘ
humanRightsIssue alleged arbitrary detention ⓘ
alleged enforced disappearance ⓘ
alleged violation of freedom of movement ⓘ
investigatedBy Cambridgeshire Police NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
legalStatusInUKCase alleged kidnap victim ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Guardian NERFINISHED ⓘ
other international news outlets ⓘ
memberOf Al Maktoum family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dubai ruling family ⓘ
mentionedIn 2020 High Court of England and Wales fact-finding judgment about Dubai ruler ⓘ
mother Huriah Ahmed al M’aash NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle Princess of Dubai NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent attempted escape from family control in the United Kingdom in 2000 ⓘ
forcible return to the United Arab Emirates in 2000 as reported by media and human rights groups ⓘ
placeOfAbductionReported Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dubai NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedCase Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum escape attempts ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residenceReportedAfter2000 United Arab Emirates NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalHouse House of Al Maktoum NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf international media coverage about alleged abduction ⓘ
police investigation by Cambridgeshire Constabulary ⓘ
reports by human rights organizations ⓘ
topicOf Family Court proceedings in England involving Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ⓘ
United Kingdom High Court judgments referencing her situation ⓘ
yearOfDisappearanceFromPublicView 2000 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum → child → Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shamsa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum
House of Al Falasi → hasMember → Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ⓘ
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum → sibling → Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shamsa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum