Rahaf Mohammed (formerly Rahaf Mohammed Mutlaq al-Qunun; Arabic: ??? ???? ???? ???????; born 11 March 2000) is a Saudi Arabian woman who was detained by Thai authorities on 5 January 2019 while transiting through Bangkok airport, en route from Kuwait to Australia.
She had intended to claim asylum in Australia and escape her family who she says abused her and threatened to kill her for amongst other reasons leaving Islam, an act that is also a capital offence according to Saudi law.
After appealing for help on the social media service Twitter and thus gaining significant worldwide attention, Thai authorities abandoned their plans to forcibly return her to Kuwait (from where she would be repatriated to Saudi Arabia), and she was taken under the protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and granted refugee status.
On 11 January, she was granted asylum in Canada and arrived in Toronto the next day.