The man with millions of followers on Instagram, Dubai’s poet prince who posts photos with falcons and goes skydiving, could not choose his own wife. 🫢 His father, Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, made the decision: three sons, three weddings on the same day, three cousins from the Al Maktoum family as brides. No consultation, no debate.
What is dividing social media is not the luxury of the celebration at the World Trade Center or the Al Ayala dance that lasted for hours. It is the image of the bride: it does not exist. No photo, no known name, no appearance. Fazza has +15 million followers; his wife, zero public presence. For some, that is respect for a thousand-year-old tradition that is not for anyone to judge. For others, it is a woman erased from her own wedding. 👇
A tradition that deserves respect or an imposition that no century should tolerate?