It is no longer news that Saudi Arabian People’s Voice, Jamal Khashoggi, has been missing for quite some time and is unlikely to ever be seen again as there are reports that he has been assassinated. The well-known and connected journalist who comes from a famous family hailing from Turkey and Saudi Arabia. was a mild critic of Saudi Arabian King Mohammad bin Salman and some government policies.
A respected and renowned journalist and author, he has served in various capacities for the Saudi government and royal household, he was reported missing by his Turkish fiancé Hatice Cengiz on October 2, 2018 after being captured on camera and taken to the Saudi embassy entered Turkey to process this but his marriage certificates never came out. Find out more about the missing journalist, as well as his fiancé and family members.
Who is Jamal Khashoggi, the missing journalist?
Jamal was born Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi in Medina, Saudi Arabia, in 1958. He grew up in his native country and attended primary and secondary schools there. He later graduated in 1982 with a degree in business administration from Indiana State University in the USA.
The Saudi journalist started his career at the Tihama bookstores as a regional manager, where he worked from 1983 to 1984 before working in the published English language Saudi Gazette daily newspaper as a reporter. Jamal rose to become deputy managing director of a Saudi Arabian daily newspaper known as Okaz from 1985 to 1987. He served as a reporter and editor for other various press outfits such as; the Al Sharq Al Majalla, Al Muslimoon and Al Madina,including from 1987 to the late 1990s. Moreso, Jamal Khashoggi was an international correspondent, he worked for BBC, Al Jazeera and Dubai TV where he published political reports from countries like Sudan, Afghanistan and other Middle East countries.
In the course of carrying out his duties, Mr. Khashoggi has been involved in controversial reports that implicated him as a double agent for both the Saudi Arabian and US governments at various times, notably during the war in Afghanistan. His relationship with the late Osama bin Laden was also questioned at the time.
Jamal once launched an independent news channel, the channel he co-owned with billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, but was overthrown by Bahraini geeks within 11 hours of its launch. He was seen as a dissident by his country, despite his massive support for most of the reforms of the Crown Prince and the Saudi government. Because of this, the Saudi journalist lived constantly, looking over his shoulder. He feared for his life while in Saudi Arabia before fleeing a self-imposed exile to the US in 2017 after criticizing the crown prince’s leadership style.
Although not many people (around the world) knew while he was relatively free, after his disappearance, people from around the world began asking questions about Jamal Khashoggi’s whereabouts, what, how and why. Here’s what we know.
The facts surrounding his disappearance
1 . Jamal last entered the Embassy of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 1 p.m. local time in Istanbul, Turkey. His Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, was waiting for him outside in her car. After he walked in, there was no other video showing him coming out of the building.
2 . Fifteen Saudi Arabian agents consisting of assassins, coroners and doctors; Two of them are said to have landed in Turkey on a private plane by the Saudi Royal Bodyguard. They were caught on camera at the Saudi embassy on the same day the journalist collected his marriage certificates, but never came out. Mr Khashoggi was later reported missing to Turkish police after hours at 4pm local time when he failed to emerge from the building.
3 . The consulate’s CCTV reportedly went down on October 2, 2018, effectively providing a smoke screen to what went down at the embassy.
4 . Turkish police believe he was murdered and then taken out of the embassy in boxes, although there was only circumstantial evidence of this effect and no concrete evidence. Authorities also believe the Saudi embassy tampered with evidence and removed the CCTV video clips from the time.
5 . Turkish authorities claim to have footage of what happened on that bizarre day at the embassy, and they are not alone in claiming that Al-Waqt (an Arabic-language Bahraini daily) quoted Saudi Arabia’s King Mohammad as saying bin Salman ordered a certain Ahmad Asiri to execute Jamal Khashoggi.
6 . Many who had voiced their opposition to the crown prince in the past were either in jail or difficult to deal with, including activist Loujain al-Hathloul and Eman al-Nafjan. Furthermore, the Saudis had held diplomatic talks with countries such as Canada and Lebanon, and now they apparently have another dispute with Turkey over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil.
7 . The famous journalist, who has over 2 million followers on his Twitter account, has been loved by many who have been concerned about his whereabouts since his disappearance.
How he could only disappear without a traceEntering the Saudi consulate in Turkey, as captured by an outdoor video surveillance system, still surpasses the world’s imagination. All eyes are on Saudi Arabia to explain what happened to the journalist. So far, however, the Saudi government has only managed to issue blanket statements that have not satisfied all inquiries. Many investigative reports indicate that the journalist was killed and dismembered by the suspicious men who called the consulate.
Jamal Khashoggi was a columnist for The Washington Post before his unfortunate disappearance on October 2nd, 2018. A political commentator, he was banned from writing by the Saudi Arabian government, which eventually led to his self-immolation in September 2017 over fears for his personal safety imposed exile in the United States of America walked on the soil of his native country.
His family
The journalist comes from a respected family, highly respected in Saudi elite circles. However, the parents of this well-known journalist are not known, but Muhammad Khashoggi, his grandparent, is said to have worked as the personal doctor of King Abdulaziz Al Saud, the founder of the Saudi kingdom.
Jamal’s uncle was billionaire AdnanKhashoggi, who was involved in arms sales and lived lavishly, while his late cousin Dodi Fayed lived with Princess Diana, with whom he died in an accident in Paris on August 31, 1997. Dodi Fayed’s father Mohamed El-Fayed owned the Harrod department store.
who is his fiancé
Jamal Khashoggi’s future wife is Hatice Cengiz, her other names are; Khadija Genghis and she were born on April 6, 1980. There are currently no details about her family.
She is Ph.D. She is studying at Istanbul University, where she is actively pursuing her PhD. She is 36 years old and lives in Istanbul. Hatice met Jamal at a conference in May 2018, and from there they corresponded until their emotional lives escalated into a major decision to be husband and wife — a decision that never saw the light of day when Jamal Khashoggi suddenly made it gone missing without a trace. She was furious and contacted the Presidents of Turkey and the United States in search of exactly what happened to her loved one.
Hatice Cengiz visited the White House on October 14, at the invitation of President Donald Trump in October 2018. She called on the world to investigate and take appropriate punitive action on those behind her spouse’s disappearance.