Nawwaf bin Talal 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]
| 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 | ||||
Biography
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]
References
- ^ "The High Cost of Change Repression Under Saudi Crown Prince Tarnishes Reforms". Human Rights Watch. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Nawaf Al Rasheed, Son of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Rasheed, Disappeared since May 12 Deportation to Saudi Arabia". Alkarama. Geneva. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b Madawi Al Rashid (28 May 2018). "Saudi House of Cards: Why Mohammed bin Salman sees rivals everywhere". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Poet Nawaf al-Rashid Detained Amid Spate of Arbitrary Arrests in Saudi Arabia". Fanack. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Kuwait: Saudi requested we deport Al Rasheed". Middle East Monitor. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Saudi Arabia: Reveal Young Poet's Whereabouts". Beirut: Human Rights Watch. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b Mustapha El Bouabi (1 April 2019). "Qatari-Saudi poet Nawaf al-Rasheed released after months of arbitrary detention in Saudi Arabia". Al Araby. Retrieved 6 March 2021.