Dina Ali Lasloom
Saudi-born repatriated asylum seeker (born 1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dina Ali Lasloom (Arabic: دينا علي السلوم; born 29 March 1993)[1] is a Saudi woman who attempted to seek asylum in Australia to escape Saudi guardianship laws, but was forcibly repatriated to Saudi Arabia from the Philippines.[2] She was stopped in transit at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on 10 April 2017 and sent back to Saudi Arabia on 11 April 2017.[3][4]
Dina Ali Lasloom | |
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دينا علي السلوم | |
Born | 29 March 1993 Saudi Arabia |
Disappeared | 12 April 2017 (aged 24) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Status | Missing for 7 years, 1 month and 11 days |
Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
Occupation | School teacher |
Known for | Attempting to flee Saudi Arabia |
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) |
Lasloom's documents were confiscated by Filipino airport officials in the International Zone.[5][6] Her case spread widely on social media after she recorded a video with the help of a Canadian tourist at the Manila airport, in which she said she feared her family would kill her if she returned.[7][8] However, despite physically resisting, she was ultimately taken by her uncles onto a plane to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 11 April 2017.[9][10][11]
This is a rare documented case in the history of female liberation in Saudi Arabia,[12][13] bearing many parallels to that of Princess Misha'al. Madawi al-Rasheed, a visiting professor at the London School of Economics Middle East Centre, commented that Lasloom's case is "a classic... in which state and family cooperate against women in [the] KSA [Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]."[14] Her case sparked global outrage with millions of sympathizers around the world.[15][16]