The Dhaka Times Desk The young woman who fled from Saudi Arabia and took refuge in Canada has now changed her name. His name was Rahaf Mohammad Al Kunun. His name will be Rahaf Mohammad by dropping Al Kunun from the last part of this name.
Last day (Tuesday) in a press conference organized in Toronto, Canada, the young Saudi woman who took refuge in Canada as a refugee announced her name change.
He said in the conference, I want to thank you first, I am one of the lucky ones. I know that there are many unfortunate women in Saudi Arabia; Those who ran away disappeared or could not do anything to change reality.
It is known that this 18-year-old girl fled to Thailand after going to the neighboring country Kuwait on a family trip. That is why there is a big storm in the international arena. Later, this young woman locked herself in a hotel in Bangkok. After opening a social media account on Twitter, Rahaf Mohammad Al Kunun started tweeting fearing death at the hands of family members if he returned to Saudi.
In a tweet, Rafat Mohammad Al Kunun said that family members threatened to kill him and tortured him. Not only that, she is being treated like a maid. This demand of his came to the attention of many human rights activists and the United Nations refugee agency. He first thought of seeking asylum in Australia. Later, Canada announced to give asylum to this Saudi girl as a refugee.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland welcomed Rahaf Mohammed Al Kunun
After arriving in Toronto on Saturday, Rahaf Mohammed Al Kunun was welcomed by Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. Canada's foreign minister introduced him to the media as a 'brave new Canadian'.
A diplomatic crisis has erupted between Ottawa and Riyadh over Saudi Arabia's asylum of the young woman, Saudi Arabia's recent crackdown on human rights activists and its human rights record. Saudi Arabia is already under great pressure over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In the meantime, Saudi Arabia has faced a new crisis after the girl left the country after leaving her religion.
According to international news agency AFP, in an interview given to an Australian official media, Rahaf Mohammad said, "I think the number of women fleeing to escape the oppression of the Saudi administration will increase." I am sure, many more women will flee to Saudi. I hope my story will inspire other women to be brave and independent from now on.
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