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Dubai Ruler and federal Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR)'s daughter Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Al-Maktoum was the focus of an extensive article in the New Yorker magazine, which focused on her failed attempt to flee Dubai in 2018 and her subsequent fate.

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al-Nahyan, one of the lower-profile sons of UAE President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MBZ), was due to list his company Ethmar International Holding on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) as GSN was going to press.

Qatar Museums chair Sheikha Mayassa Bint Hamad Al-Thani has been in Florence, Italy for the Art For Tomorrow conference, which she helped to launch in 2015.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani reshuffled the country’s security establishment in a series of decrees and orders, naming his brother and interior minister Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani as commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya).

Sharjah Ruler Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi was conferred with France’s National Order of the Legion of Honour at the rank of Grand Officer, in recognition of his scientific, cultural and literary achievements and his efforts to boost bilateral relations.

Saudi Prince Fahd Bin Saad Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Bin Turki was named governor of Al-Diriyah, a governorate on the outskirts of the capital. He takes over from Prince Ahmed Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman, who was relived of the job after more than six years in post.

Sheikh Ahmed Bin Ibrahim Bin Ahmed Al-Mualla was named director general of Umm Al-Quwain (UAQ)'s Department of Economic Development on 11 April, in a decree by UAQ Ruler Sheikh Saud Bin Rashid Al-Mualla.

In Kuwait, the court’s willingness to hold members of its ruling family to account has been revived, with a ten-year prison sentence handed to Sheikh Sabah Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, son of the former premier Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, for his role in a $1bn corruption case.

Supreme Council for Health chairman Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa was named chairman of the Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS). He is only the third person to take on the role since the BRCS was set up in 1970.

A property owned by Ahmed Bin Nasser Al-Mualla, a member of Umm Al-Quwain’s ruling family and owner of The Zoo Wildlife Park in the emirate, has been linked to questionable practices regarding lion and tiger cubs.

In March 2023,  Sheikh Hazza lost his long-held position as Abu Dhabi Executive Council (Adec) deputy chairman but gained the position of deputy ruler. It is not clear what powers or duties this new role will have and some analysts suspect it will be largely ceremonial.

Sheikh Abdulla Bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa is to take over as chief executive of Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat from 1 May, replacing Khalid Al-Rumaihi who has been in the post since September 2019.

Khalid Bin Mohammed's star has been rising for some time, as his father has awarded him a string of senior jobs, but even as the 'Bani Fatima' further consolidate their power, President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed’s favoured son still had to overcome competition from powerful rivals to secure the position of the UAE's heir-apparent.

Sheikha Basmah Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, wife of Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, held a lunch for around 25 female ambassadors and wives of ambassadors at Al-Rimiya Farm in Al-Abdali area.

Oman's Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Al-Said paid a series of visits to military bases in mid-March. He was at the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)’s Adam Air Base, and at Shafa Garrison, accompanied by his eldest son Crown Prince Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham Al-Said.