A video of an Arab couple's wedding has gone viral on social media in Pakistan, claiming that the Saudi billionaire is Sahoo bint Abdullah Al-Mahboob, while the man standing next to her and her groom, the Pakistani driver of her Range Rover. The BBC is trying to find out where the video actually came from and whether the female billionaire in the video is really a Saudi businessman. And is he married to his personal driver who is from Pakistan?
But first, let's take a look at the allegations made about the woman in the video, who is being named Sahoo bint Abdullah al-Mahboob.
According to several social media websites, Sahoo bint Abdullah Al-Mahboob owns several residential properties as well as several hotels in Medina and Makkah, many of which are located near the holy sites from which she earns a lot of money daily. It is also claimed that the woman owns several buildings in other countries.
We searched for the name of Sahoo bint Abdullah Al-Mahboob in both English and Arabic, but if there is any news about her in the search engines, it is only the viral video. Is the real name of the woman in the video the one who is being called on social media?
According to a video shared on Twitter on December 24, 2020, the woman is not a billionaire businessman, but Yasmeen bint Mashal al-Sadri.
Is the bridegroom Pakistani or Afghan?
Is the person in the video really the Pakistani driver of the Saudi woman? Such claims are being made on social media that he is the personal driver of Saudi Amirzadi who belongs to Pakistan. However, these claims could not be confirmed.
According to our information, no news of a Saudi billionaire woman marrying her Pakistani driver has been published in the local media of Saudi Arabia. As far as the groom being the personal driver of the Pakistani and Saudi princess is concerned, no reliable facts and details could be found.
The groom can be heard speaking Arabic in the video, he may be a citizen of an Arab country or it is possible that if he is a Pakistani he may have learned Arabic during his stay in an Arab country.
Many social media users believe that this is a normal wedding ceremony held in Saudi Arabia or any other Arab country and someone has shared it with a wrong caption which has caused it to go viral. One idea is that this is actually an old video of a tucked couple's engagement that is now being shared with misinformation. However, the couple's tick-tock could not be confirmed.
According to our research, this video that went viral on social media is a simple wedding ceremony held during the Corona virus epidemic which took place on December 23, 2020 and the video of the same ceremony was shared on Twitter on December 24, 2020 by a user named Ahmed Al-Aliyan Shared with caption 'Yasmeen bint Mashal Al-Sudairi Kitabat Kitabha Ali Afghani !!! Yasmeen Mashaal Al-Sudairi has tied the knot with an Afghan man. I pray to Allah Almighty to keep her happy and prosperous.
