On Instagram, Princess Mahra al Maktoum made a post that recited one custom in conservative Islam that allows a husband to divorce his wife if he repeats, “I divorce you,” out loud three times. It’s reserved for men, but Princess Mahra flipped that. The post points to social and cultural underpinnings of the Dubai royal family’s stage-managed public presence — and it’s possible erosion.
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