Glam influencer, 28, arrested in Dubai after filming herself saying ‘I’m scared’ as Iranian missiles rained down on city

A GLAMOROUS influencer has reportedly been arrested in Dubai just days after sharing footage of Iranian missiles raining down on the glitzy city.

Maeva Ghennam, 28, nervously told her three million followers “my knees are shaking,” as she filmed the war erupting outside her windows.

Maeva Ghennam, 28, has reportedly been arrested in Dubai just days after sharing footage of Iranian missiles raining down on the glitzy cityCredit: Instagram/ @maevaa.ghennam
A clip, believed to be from the first few days of the war, showed missiles outside Ghennam’s villa late at nightCredit: Instagram/ @maevaa.ghennam
She nervously told her three million followers ‘my knees are shaking,’ as she filmed the war erupting around herCredit: Instagram/ @maevaa.ghennam

The French social media star was reportedly detained alongside three other French nationals.

They were all questioned over filming and disseminating images of the war, news outlet France Info reports.

In the now deleted footage, Ghennam can be seen with her hand over her mouth in shock as she paces around her 600-square-meter villa.

Explosions can be heard around her as she pans the camera around to show plumes of smoke billowing over the sky.

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A second clip, believed to be from the first few days of the war, showed missiles outside late at night.

The Marseille-born influencer can be heard saying in the clip: “Oh f**k, the missiles, look from my place.

“I’m not lying, my stomach is in knots. I’m scared.”

She later took to social media to say: “We, the French, aren’t used to this. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. It’s very shocking.”

Despite claims of her arrest, Ghennam has since come out to deny she was detained over the videos.

She says she was summoned to speak to Dubai cops about a separate case related her cosmetics brand.

It comes as dozens of people have been arrested in Dubai and sent to jails in the UAE over social media posts.

A British tourist is among 21 people charged under cybercrime laws after allegedly filming Iranian missiles causing carnage in Dubai.

The Londoner is accused of “broadcasting, publishing, republishing or circulating rumours or provocative propaganda that could disturb public security”.

The 60-year-old was arrested despite assuring police he’d deleted the footage from his phone.

In the now deleted footage, Ghennam can be seen with her hand over her mouth in shock as she paces around her 600-square-meter villaCredit: Instagram/ @maevaa.ghennam
Despite claims of her arrest, Ghennam has since come out to deny she was detained over the videosCredit: Instagram/ @maevaa.ghennam

Three survivors of a drone attack on a Dubai skyscraper were also arrested for privately sharing pictures of the blitz with their loved ones, reports say.

The trio reportedly took photos in the aftermath of the explosion near Dubai Creek Harbour to show relatives what had happened and assure them that they were safe.

Brits in Dubai have even been warned they could face prison for simply “commenting” on posts about Iran’s onslaught.

Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, told The Sun that dozens of UK nationals have contacted her in the past week, seeking urgent help.

The war with Iran is continuing to escalate across the whole of the Middle East after the mullah regime vowed gas and oil installations in neighbouring states face “complete destruction”.

Iran threatened to plunge Western economies into a new Dark Age — pledging “zero restraint” as its missile attacks on a vast gas plant sparked energy market turmoil.

The UAE’s cryptic cyber-crime laws

THE UAE’s cyber-crime laws are among the strictest in the world.

People can face fines of up to £57,000, lengthy detention, and travel bans for social media posts that authorities consider harmful to “public order”, “national unity” or the reputation of the state.

Detained in Dubai warns that the legislation is “deliberately broad” – and in times of war they become even more dangerous.

Almost anything critical of government policy or regional conflict can be interpreted as a crime.

In practice, commentary about regional conflict, government policy or security matters can be interpreted as a criminal offence.

Sharing advice about what to do and what not to do in the country, the organisation said: “Do not assume your home country’s free speech protections apply in the UAE. They do not.

“Do not assume that sharing international news coverage is safe. It may not be.

“Do not assume that deleting a post removes liability. It often does not.”

Missile attacks launched by Iran early yesterday hit the world’s biggest liquefied gas plant in Qatar and triggered price spikes.  

More energy sites also came under fire in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE yesterday.

They followed strikes by US ally Israel on Iran’s South Pars gas field.

Mr Trump said he “knew nothing about” the initial Israeli strike against Iran which triggered the escalation, and warned his ally there must be no more attacks. 

But he said that, if Iran further targeted the plant in Qatar, he would “massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before”. 

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the war will continue “for as long as is necessary” and Iran can “no longer enrich uranium” or build ballistic missiles. 

He denied dragging the US into the conflict, saying: “Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?” 

Iran is fighting on despite a 20-day US and Israeli onslaught which has wiped out its leadership.

Its foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi — one of the few surviving bigwigs — vowed “Zero restraint” if its energy plants are attacked again. 

A smoke plume rises from a fire at Dubai International Airport caused by IranCredit: AFP
A urgent message to tourists and civilians warning them not to film the warCredit: National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) / UAE Public Prosecuti

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