Post by agentf on Mar 21, 2020 8:36:56 GMT -5
Prince Ali, reaffirming his support for Haya last week ahead of today(?)'s hearing on the welfare of the children:
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200314-jordan-prince-supports-sister-princess-haya-in-battle-against-dubai-ruler/
I for one still think the bodyguard affair is not sincere and rather, contrived. I'm let down in my earlier belief she would have been above all that, and certainly wiser. To realize the extent to which this guy-for-hire was being "kept" by her smacks of gender role reversal - car, house, gifts etc, under her husband's nose. She thought the latter was "ok" with it. How European. So what changed? Why not ask for a divorce when this affair went into full gear? Why get messy? I'm not totally naive to divorce strategies, especially with the goal of keeping your kids and I sympathize. If I were a king's sister though, I would have thought my chances were good at shared custody and an amicable divorce (if I hadn't gone below the belt). It's not like she considered herself under Sharia law too all this time, like in KSA where an adulterous princess was beheaded on the street (in the 80s, if I recall). It doesn't absolve the daughters fiasco either (and my thoughts on the Algerian free spiritedness are reprised in a recent article that back my theory of a culture clash and clash of personality. I'll get the link in a minute.) Shamsa & Latifa are born of his Algerian wife. My guess is Jordan and Germany and to a degree, England, didn't really want to touch that one because Haya was not innocent. Her affair is now buried under the sisters fiasco, and his achievements (parenting notwithstanding) are overshadowed by a promiscuous wife who didn't end it when she wanted out of her marriage. The threat goes to show in a twisted way that had he wanted harm done to her, there was certainly access but it was indeed not exercised.
I don't on the other hand doubt the forced marriages - we had proof last May. At the same time, there's an equal chance Jalila would end up with MbS if she follows her mother's example alone. MbS, according to Fire and Fury, wants to "out-Dubai Dubai". A sure way to do that is to compost not only the first union of sheikh and royal princess in the region, but to seal it with his own wedding to a more accessible royal princess and crown his dominance over Dubai by taking their daughter. It's simply alpha thinking.
I hope they share custody in the UK during summers, after some therapeutic intervention.
{Footnote: this explains the generation of Algerian women that produced Shamsa & Latifa's mom:
www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/algerian-women-embrace-spirit-resilience-revolution-200310072703192.html
It's a starting point in understanding fundamental differences, not least of which is the French influence. My suggestion would be to immerse the mom & daughters back with Algeria on some level, to promote healing. But what do I know? }
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200314-jordan-prince-supports-sister-princess-haya-in-battle-against-dubai-ruler/
I for one still think the bodyguard affair is not sincere and rather, contrived. I'm let down in my earlier belief she would have been above all that, and certainly wiser. To realize the extent to which this guy-for-hire was being "kept" by her smacks of gender role reversal - car, house, gifts etc, under her husband's nose. She thought the latter was "ok" with it. How European. So what changed? Why not ask for a divorce when this affair went into full gear? Why get messy? I'm not totally naive to divorce strategies, especially with the goal of keeping your kids and I sympathize. If I were a king's sister though, I would have thought my chances were good at shared custody and an amicable divorce (if I hadn't gone below the belt). It's not like she considered herself under Sharia law too all this time, like in KSA where an adulterous princess was beheaded on the street (in the 80s, if I recall). It doesn't absolve the daughters fiasco either (and my thoughts on the Algerian free spiritedness are reprised in a recent article that back my theory of a culture clash and clash of personality. I'll get the link in a minute.) Shamsa & Latifa are born of his Algerian wife. My guess is Jordan and Germany and to a degree, England, didn't really want to touch that one because Haya was not innocent. Her affair is now buried under the sisters fiasco, and his achievements (parenting notwithstanding) are overshadowed by a promiscuous wife who didn't end it when she wanted out of her marriage. The threat goes to show in a twisted way that had he wanted harm done to her, there was certainly access but it was indeed not exercised.
I don't on the other hand doubt the forced marriages - we had proof last May. At the same time, there's an equal chance Jalila would end up with MbS if she follows her mother's example alone. MbS, according to Fire and Fury, wants to "out-Dubai Dubai". A sure way to do that is to compost not only the first union of sheikh and royal princess in the region, but to seal it with his own wedding to a more accessible royal princess and crown his dominance over Dubai by taking their daughter. It's simply alpha thinking.
I hope they share custody in the UK during summers, after some therapeutic intervention.
{Footnote: this explains the generation of Algerian women that produced Shamsa & Latifa's mom:
www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/algerian-women-embrace-spirit-resilience-revolution-200310072703192.html
It's a starting point in understanding fundamental differences, not least of which is the French influence. My suggestion would be to immerse the mom & daughters back with Algeria on some level, to promote healing. But what do I know? }