Nawwaf bin Talal Al Rashid | |||||
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Born | 8 October 1989 | ||||
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House | Rashidi dynasty | ||||
Father | Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid |
Nawwaf bin Talal Al Rashid (born 8 October 1989) is a dual Saudi-Qatari national, poet and a member of the Al Rashid family. He was arrested in Kuwait on 12 May 2018 and deported to Saudi Arabia. He was detained there until 1 April 2019 when he was released. [1]
His father is Talal bin Abdulaziz who was a poet and son of Abdulaziz bin Mutaib, ruler of Ha'il at the beginning of the 1900s. [2] [3] Talal bin Abdulaziz died in Algeria in 2003 when he was on a camping trip. [2] [4] During the incident Nawwaf was with his father. [4] His mother is a Qatari, and following the death of his father Nawwaf settled in Doha, Qatar, [5] and gained Qatari nationality. [4] He is a distant cousin of Madawi Al Rashid, a British scholar. [2] [3] [4]
On 12 May 2018 during his visit to Kuwait Nawwaf, aged 29, was arrested there by National Security forces and deported to Saudi Arabia on the request of the Saudi authorities. [6] [7] Nawwaf bin Talal had been invited by Kuwaiti poet Abdelkarim Al Jabari who is a member of the Shammar tribe which the Al Rashids also part of, to join an activity organized in his honour. [4] Human Rights Watch considered his arrest and deportation as another example of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's human rights abuses. [6] Before his deportation to Saudi Arabia Nawwaf was a student at Qatar University. [6]
In late March 2019 Nawwaf bin Talal was released by the Saudi after ten months in arbitrary detention. [7]
Nawwaf bin Talal Al Rashid | |||||
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Born | 8 October 1989 | ||||
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House | Rashidi dynasty | ||||
Father | Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid |
Nawwaf bin Talal Al Rashid (born 8 October 1989) is a dual Saudi-Qatari national, poet and a member of the Al Rashid family. He was arrested in Kuwait on 12 May 2018 and deported to Saudi Arabia. He was detained there until 1 April 2019 when he was released. [1]
His father is Talal bin Abdulaziz who was a poet and son of Abdulaziz bin Mutaib, ruler of Ha'il at the beginning of the 1900s. [2] [3] Talal bin Abdulaziz died in Algeria in 2003 when he was on a camping trip. [2] [4] During the incident Nawwaf was with his father. [4] His mother is a Qatari, and following the death of his father Nawwaf settled in Doha, Qatar, [5] and gained Qatari nationality. [4] He is a distant cousin of Madawi Al Rashid, a British scholar. [2] [3] [4]
On 12 May 2018 during his visit to Kuwait Nawwaf, aged 29, was arrested there by National Security forces and deported to Saudi Arabia on the request of the Saudi authorities. [6] [7] Nawwaf bin Talal had been invited by Kuwaiti poet Abdelkarim Al Jabari who is a member of the Shammar tribe which the Al Rashids also part of, to join an activity organized in his honour. [4] Human Rights Watch considered his arrest and deportation as another example of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's human rights abuses. [6] Before his deportation to Saudi Arabia Nawwaf was a student at Qatar University. [6]
In late March 2019 Nawwaf bin Talal was released by the Saudi after ten months in arbitrary detention. [7]