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A peek into the glamorous life of the Crown Prince of Dubai

Thought your life was exciting?

Web Desk December 07, 2015

PHOTO: INSTAGRAM

The glamorous lives of the monarchs of UAE is no secret, but a peek into the Instagram of the Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum will leave you stunned.

The son of the prime minister of UAE and the monarch of Dubai, Hamdan, leads an exciting life to say the least. He’s jumped off buildings, gone deep sea diving, played with lions and has lived to tell the tale.

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An award-winning horseback rider who has bagged a gold medal at the Asian Olympic games, the adventure sports enthusiast’s life includes jetpacks, falcons and safaris to just name a few things.

Popularly known as Fazza, the prince publishes his own poetry and is also the Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council and heads the Emirate’s committees on sports and autism; while he's not busy jumping off an aircraft, that is.

We look at some of the things the prince has indulged in:

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COMMENTS (36)

Susan Ann Farrell | 8 years ago | Reply I have followed The Dubai Family for some time now , They are like any Royal Family in that they live beneath a microscope. Some are very reserved, private, respectful, and totally aware that the world watches . While others seem too not care. The older generations cling too traditional values while still pushing forward to a better , more enlightened future. Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai is a shinning example of hope for a better tomorrow. He is extremely wealthy yet does not spread it easily across social media. He does many good things for his people. His many Children are involved in many stages of the betterment of the UAE overall. I would hope that as The Crown Prince comes more toward his destiny he would throttle back a bit.

Usman | 8 years ago | Reply I heard this dude died due to over doze off of drugs

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Zahid | 8 years ago | Reply Is there an educational institution worth mentioning in his country. Instead of showing off like a buffoon he should spend his energy constructing a university. His country should be recognized for publishing academic papers instead of roads and buildings,

Masood | 8 years ago | Reply wonderful & very energetic young man who dies at early stage!!!! May ALLAH rest his soul in peace & shower his blessings upon his soul!!!! It reminds us that death is imminent & everybody has to go to eternal & immortal life. Our condolence with the bereaved family of dubai ruler HH Sheikh Rashid.

Gul Sher Khan | 8 years ago | Reply Ther rnt strangers, they live the life like our politicians, bureaucrats and general in pakistan.

sanjita | 8 years ago | Reply @miha: What a joke. Bless him and his family? Why? Do you want to do pooja in front of him since he was born into wealth. That makes him special? Ot his grandparents were agents of the British so he is special? Ever wonder why the rest of the world makes fun of the rich Gulf Arabs while all the poor Arabs from Iraq, Syria and Yemen are smuggling themselves into Europe and begging for asylum and food?

Timorlane | 8 years ago | Reply In reality these petty showoffs are not even worth a pebble when compared to the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet who have devoted almost all of their wealth for humanity and they earned that wealth through honesty and hard work and not through despotic dynasties like these midgets.

Azi | 8 years ago | Reply Let them enough while they can. They deserve such enjoyments because they "obviously" earned it by being born in a royal family.

miha | 8 years ago | Reply A very special MAN with many, many qualities! A complex personality with an irresistible charm. A very educated boy, who will lead the Emirate of Dubai in the future! May Allah bless him and his Family!

Motiwala | 8 years ago | Reply @Grace: No. He would not be ridiculed. He would be a typical active young man. Adventurous, athletic, sport minded. "educated". Doing things any well off young man in the West would be doing. Specially US. Yes, a typical young man, in the year 2015. He is IMPRESSIVE.

Haji Atiya | 8 years ago | Reply @Realist: You are not talking about Zardari or Sharif's family by any chance, are you ?

kid | 8 years ago | Reply Some of the comments are out of sheer jealousy. If anyone one of us have that money; we would be doing the same.

Marl Brando | 8 years ago | Reply @echoboom: Dubai is NOT a model country, it has one of the world's largest carbon footprints. If every country were like Dubai, there would be no planet left.

Pakeezah | 8 years ago | Reply The only problem perhaps with this is the capture of wild animals. You can do all you want with your money.. but these endangered species need to be protected - not killed for fun. All this might and power should not do harm to animals but promote wildlife.

dude | 8 years ago | Reply handsomguy

N K Ali | 8 years ago | Reply Very daring! That's because his father's tribe has control of the emirate and tribe. Being a chief's son entitles many privileges. How about his tribe giving some attention to the plight of Iraqi and Syrian refugees? Let's see how brave the Emirate is? Or are they afraid of a losing control? Salams

Nafeesa | 8 years ago | Reply Masha Allah, alhamdulilla, the crown prince is a multitalentered. Should be like this. May Allah bless and give him long life and make his all dreams comes true excellency.

Asok | 8 years ago | Reply Good for him. I have no argument with rich people spending money. Money is better spend than staying in banks or as gold. Questions, if any, should be about how they became rich. In the case of UAE, it is clear that they used the oil wealth to build themselves into a commercial hub for the Western part of Asia. They took advantage of the corruption and socialist stranglehold over places like Mumbai and Karachi, and built a prosperous country. I don't see much to criticize in that.

echoboom | 8 years ago | Reply Dubai is a model country...million times better than any western one...a thumbs up the nether regions of western democracy /liberalism/secularism.....such was the Islamic world before the ones from dark ages descended upon civilized nations.

khan | 8 years ago | Reply Oxygen wasters

Marl Brando | 8 years ago | Reply He looks like Mawra Hocane...lol

Jag Nathan | 8 years ago | Reply I do not begrudge him. At least his dad looks after his citizens well and offers millions of Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and others a chance to earn a decent living, something their own leaders have denied them in their home countries. I wish him a long life. God bless his Dad.

Nadeem | 8 years ago | Reply Only thing missing is the presence of women, They don,t want the women company.

Asad | 8 years ago | Reply not a single good university, reserach centre, technical industry in whole UAE. All things bought from west. They are just consumers/users. Not intelligent enough to produce something. Pakistan produces much more than they will in next 100 years

Grace | 8 years ago | Reply @Parvez: What is so impressive? Poor people in developing countries are so impressed by the antics of spoiled rich kids in other countries who have no claim to fame apart from being born with money. You may be impressed but most educated people in the West would just ridicule the behaviour of these Arab princes.

Realist | 8 years ago | Reply Pathetic --- unelected, paying no taxes, keeping animals meant to be wild in chains, hunting endangered birds. Sad to see what people find impressive these days...

Quresh | 8 years ago | Reply He is enjoying all Big boys toys created by West. In Muslim world, they need to pay more attention on education and do good things for humanity.

Aqeel | 8 years ago | Reply Putin of Dubai

Rahul | 8 years ago | Reply He should read the article elsewhere in this newspaper on the former prince of Orissa. Life can change drastically and playboys can turn into paupers. The last emperor of China died as a gardener.

Sunny | 8 years ago | Reply The Real prince !!

jamal | 8 years ago | Reply when our religious parties are busy destroying our own public and private properties in the name of protest for arabs, someone should tell them what their fellow arabs are doing. on a separate note, i think succession system in saudi arabia and abu dhabi is far better this succession system of dubai, qatar, jordan etc. a crown prince has gone through all fun of youth and is hardened enough to assume power. (a pakistani's opinion, not that it matters for dubai)

Fahim | 8 years ago | Reply Wonderful

Mohammad | 8 years ago | Reply They are great people.. they love their nation, work hard and honestly to bring change to their country. They take care of their people and transformed the country into one of the best on the planet, providing livelihood to million of peoples including Asians. Citizens and Expats altogether love them dearly and pray for their health and well being. .................... Note: Refrain from posting useless and disrespectful comments keeping in mind the Dubai alone providing jobs to millions of Pakistanis, giving a boost to your economy. They never said a bad word about Pakistan or it's people and respect them equally like they do for everyone else.

Ali S | 8 years ago | Reply These people seem to be living on a completely different planet from their unfortunate Syrian and Iraqi 'brothers'. Western countries are taking in the refugees while these billionaire princes live it up in their private jets and sports cars. So much for the so-called 'Ummah'.

Parvez | 8 years ago | Reply Prince or no prince......impressive.

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