Hakeem al-Araibi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hakeem al-Araibi

Bahraini footballer and dissident

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1993

Place of Birth: Bahrain

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Bahrain, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Hakeem al-Araibi (Arabic: ???? ????????; born 7 November 1993), is an Australian footballer of Bahraini descent.
He is a dissident, who fled to Australia in 2014 and subsequently gained Australian citizenship in March 2019.He was arrested on arrival in Thailand from Australia for a vacation in November 2018 on the basis of an Interpol "red notice" issued by Bahrain, and was held there pending deportation to Bahrain, which he opposed.
There was a campaign urging Thailand not to extradite him until 11 February 2019, when the Thai Office of the Attorney-General dropped the extradition case against him at Bahrain's request.
He was returned to Australia the next day and became an Australian citizen in the weeks thereafter.