Noof Al Maadeed

Early life Maadeed was born on 19 October 1998. On 26 November 2019, she left her house through her bedroom window and went to the airport, first flying to Ukraine, then arriving in the UK. Following her arrival in the UK, Maadeed became a prominent Qatari women's rights activist, spreading awareness of gender discrimination in Qatar. She also gave several television interviews. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights claimed they had received tips that Maadeed had been given to her family's custody on 13 October. Human rights groups reported that Maadeed was feared to have been killed or forced to disappear following her return.

In January 2022, Maadeed returned to Twitter on a new account and posted a video confirming that she was alive. She said she had lost the password for her previous account, which had 16,000 followers at the time. She said she was living in Doha and was safe. In March 2023, Maadeed posted several videos on her social media accounts, including Twitter, with the caption "The stupid one who returned to her homeland".