Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum: Dubai to all that
Until the controversy surrounding his 33-year-old daughter Latifa broke, Sheikh Mohammed’s image in the West was a reasonably positive one
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Name: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum
Age:69
Appearance: slim, bearded, sharp-featured
Newsworthiness: the ruler of Dubai’s daughter has hit the headlines recently after claims she was held against her will
Just like Ireland, Dubai has a head of state who enjoys writing poetry. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum first began publishing verse almost 50 years ago, using a pseudonym so that he could know what people genuinely thought of it.
One notable ...
