Fatima.Qureshi
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Yup, these media people screw thing up pretty drastically
It is not part of our culture to do so. It remains to be seen whether this will change over the years with the younger generation.
All his other wives are never mentioned by him. I think they also believe in drawing fine line between their royal women and the commoner wives, after all royal wives need that royal status and might not want to see themselves on the same scale as that of commoner wife ...
Unofficial wives are in the position of being far more disposable. After all, these secret marriages can be made and broken by the man for any petty reason without any public exposure or criticism.
Do these unofficial wives ever know what's coming?
Worst of all, once divorced, the children of these women seem to be taken from their mothers and parceled out to be raised by "official" wives or paternal female relatives. I do not have a very high opinion of anyone who participates in separating a child from its own mother. Imagine the feelings of isolation, abandonment and low self-esteem this imposes on a young child.
Worst of all, once divorced, the children of these women seem to be taken from their mothers and parceled out to be raised by "official" wives or paternal female relatives. I do not have a very high opinion of anyone who participates in separating a child from its own mother. Imagine the feelings of isolation, abandonment and low self-esteem this imposes on a young child.
Bu Rashid = descendant of Rashid! Rashid was the name of his grandfather.
Ridah, you might be right, but let me tell you Sheikha Mahra's case is very different compared to other children from non-official wives. Sheikh Mohammed never knew about Mahra's existence, until she was 11 years old. Mahra's mom Zoe did not let him know she was expecting Mahra fearing that he would take away the child from her. Sheikha Mahra was raised as Catholic all these years until she recently met her father, converted and changed named to be called Sheikha Mahra. And this story quoted was told by Zoe, Sheikha Mahra's biological mom. A father knowing about her daughter's existence after so many years definitely tells a thing or two to me at least However, on a safer side, things might not be that bad with every wife/ Sheikh.
Unofficial wife's children are never separated from their mothers and PARCELED out to be raised by anybody else like Sheikha Mahra was raised up by her own mother Zoe, But only in few cases the child is raised by some other women because of reasons unknown. Ofcourse not for separating them from their mothers and torturing them emotionally and mentally.
I agree with you, it now makes sense why some of sheikh mohammeds children were raised by his sisters and I think mahra's mum was smart to hide her pregnancy so mahra wouldn't be taken from her, I mean imagine having ur child taken away such a sad feeling and loss.I was simply observing that the (3?) children who have been "raised by other women because of reasons unknown" are all the children of divorced "unofficial wives". One more might have been in the same situation, but as has been pointed out, what the mother saw happening to some of the older children led her to conceal her pregnancy.
Do I really think that Emiratis don't know the reasons for this phenomenon? No. I think the reasons are probably very well known, and likely include the "unofficial" status of the marriage, the national origins of the women and, I suspect, their religion.
In a polygamous family, the father spreads his attention among possibly dozens of children and multiple women. Mothers are advocates in helping their children get time, attention and other valuable resources. The privileged "official" wife who is a near relative of the husband has little interest in advocating for the needs of other offspring of her husband. Why would she? They are competitors to her own children and therefore her own status. Is anyone suggesting that this is not true?
Her main goals are: 1. Keeping those other children on the sidelines 2. Making sure that those children (especially the girls) do not do anything to jeopardize the reputations of her own children. Children without mothers are very easy to deal with in this regard. They can be taught from an early age to keep a low profile and not demand very much, because they have no mother to advocate for them. Thus, there is a motivation to marginalize the biological mother and get her completely out the sphere of influence so the children can be taught their place without interference.
The one child of an "unofficial" divorced foreign wife who has not kept a low profile has not exactly been embraced with loving arms by the "official" wife's children, has she? Because she was raised by her mother, rather than a female relative or official wife who could make sure that she was trained to keep her head down and know her place.
could anyone elaborate regarding demolishing of sheikh rashid's house plz
I recently saw a picture of a major Dubai sheikh with three brothers, who are high-ranking Abu Dhabi sheikhs. The Dubai sheikh had one man's hand in a handshake, and was holding the another man by the wrist/forearm.
Can anyone explain the gesture of holding another person by the wrist while their hand remains passive versus shaking or holding hands? Do older people only do this to younger? Is there a power differential implied? Do hosts do this with their guests?
Hello,
Can anybody please explain who is Sheikha Wejdan, (wejdan_mr on Instagram). Futtaim wishes her today in an Instagram post with a caption so confusing, it gives me hint Wejdan is Sheikha Hind. I'm assuming Wejdan may be her pen name/pseudo-name/nick name, etc. Also, contributing to my confusion is the date today i.e. 12th Feb which is supposedly Sheikha Hind's birthday. Speculations suggest Wejdan is also a daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. But how?
I don't understand if Wejdan is a daughter actually and not Sheikha Hind, why is her name not on the list of official children of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid? What is wrong with this family?
I am kind of confused. Mrs_almaktoum from Instagram joined ask.fm where she was asked about her family name and she said it was El shebri & she admitted being a mix of Egyptian and Moroccon blood. She is not a member of a ruling family though. When somebody asked her about her current name, she said that her surname changed to Al Maktoum after her marriage to Sheikh Juma and that she also has a title (everything is in her diplomatic passport). She said she is a sheikha and she posted several pics on Instagram (like the birthday cake) where her name was Shaikha Um Nouf or Shaikha Camelia Al Maktoum
So my question is: do common women can change name to Al Maktoum and become a sheikha?
Do all the Ruling families of Dubai have falcon's or into the sport?? I know Dubai has a Falcon hospital for them. Is it a sport all the sheikh's grow up doing??
Do all the Ruling families of Dubai have falcon's or into the sport?? I know Dubai has a Falcon hospital for them. Is it a sport all the sheikh's grow up doing??
Just curious, what official duties will the future wife of sheikh Hamdan hold if she is public?
Would it be something similar to maybe... Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge who accompanies her husband with international duties?
What's the difference between Crown prince of Dubai and Deputy Ruler of Dubai?