In March of 2018, a few miles off the coast of Goa, India, a team of armed commandos boarded a slow-moving yacht under the cover of night. Supported by helicopters in the air and a small fleet of military boats on the water, they emerged minutes later with their prize—32-year-old Latifa, the fugitive daughter of Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai. Her disturbing story—complete with dashed escape plans, seedy accomplices, torture, and imprisonment—is told in a new podcast by The New Yorker and In the Dark, the Peabody-award-winning investigative series. Using conversations with Latifa’s friends and U.K. police officers, along with audio recordings from Latifa herself, hosts Heidi Blake and Madeleine Baran reveal a pattern of abuse experienced not just by Latifa, but by several Emirati princesses and women at the hands of Dubai’s most powerful man. —Paulina Prosnitz
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For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler