Hanan El-Atr Khashoggi is an Egyptian-born Emirati woman who publicly admitted to being the wife of Jamal Khashoggi after the CIA reported that he was assassinated by the Saudi government in 2018.
Wiki/Biography
Hanan El-Atr was born on Monday, September 30, 1968 (52 years old in 2020) in Egypt. Her zodiac sign is Libra. She lives in the United Arab Emirates.
appearance
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
Family and Race
She is an Arab Muslim girl.
Parents and siblings
Her mother’s name is Mona Sarah Mohamed Ahmed Khaled. She has a sister named Mona El-Atr.
Relationship with husband
On June 2, 2018, she and Jamal Khashoggi (reporter) were married in accordance with Islamic traditions at the headquarters of the Open University in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Their relationship has always been kept secret.
Hanan El-Atr and Jamal Khashoggi’s marriage certificate
She first met Jamal at a media forum in the Middle East in 2009, but they began a relationship in 2017. She spent time with Khashoggi when she traveled to the United States.
Hanan El-Atr and Jamal Khashoggi
As of 2021, she is working on getting her marriage legally certified in the United States. Hanan shared texts and Islamic wedding photos between her and Jamal with The Washington Post as proof of their marriage. In an interview, she shared that she came forward about her relationship because,
As a Muslim wife, I want full rights and recognition.”
Profession
She has been a cabin crew member for Emirates Airlines for 22 years.
Hanan El-Atr as Stewardess
She also worked for the UAE newspaper Al Bayan and received journalism training. She has participated in media and cultural forums in the UAE and has written for several UAE publications.
Favorite Things
- Singers: Leila Mourad, Umm Kulthum
- Music Composer: Sheikh Zakaria Ahmed
- Poet: Badr Shaker Sayyib
Facts/Trivia
- On October 2, 2018, her husband, Jamal Khashoggi, went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey to get a divorce certificate; a document that would have allowed him to marry Hatice Cengiz. However, he was assassinated by the Saudi government at the consulate. She said in an interview about the murder,
I am sure that if they knew the truth about Jamal and I was allowed to tell his information and the truth, they would regret what they did to my husband.”
- She thanked US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after his administration held Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accountable for Jamal’s murder.
They stressed that they were committed to human rights and that they were transparent and helped to uncover the truth, which encouraged me because I can now speak freely because I didn’t have that freedom for two years.”
- Two weeks after her engagement to Jamal, she returned to the UAE. She was placed under house arrest as soon as she arrived there, from April to May 2018, and Hanan and her family were blacklisted. After Jamal’s murder, she was again placed under house arrest in the UAE, and in 2020, she sought asylum in the United States. In an interview, she said she came to the United States to deliver a message from her husband. She said,
Until now, the truth has not been revealed. In this polarization and abuse of his tragedy, the truth has been ignored. I hope everyone can learn from Jamal’s tragedy and stop this crime against humanity and against journalists. Journalists’ duty is to spread the truth about people and help people live a better life. “
- In 2020, she starred in the television documentary “The Kingdom of Silence,” which chronicled the life, work, and murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
- In 2021, she sued the imam who performed her and Jamal’s wedding. According to her,
Because the Imam did not follow through on what he said on the day of the marriage, he promised something but neither he nor the witnesses delivered, the marriage was not certified, so now the matter is in the hands of the judiciary, I believe in the American judiciary.”
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