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US Justice Department records reveal Emirati diplomat Hind Al-Owais exchanged hundreds of emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Calendar entries and logistical messages included in the records show continued coordination around meeting times.
The emails do not accuse Al-Owais of criminal wrongdoing. (Photo: X/Reuters)
UPDATED: Feb 11, 2026 07:15 IST
Newly released US Justice Department records show that a senior Emirati diplomat and prominent advocate for women’s rights exchanged hundreds of emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including messages discussing social meetings and references to her younger sister.
The documents, released as part of the latest tranche of records linked to the so-called Epstein Files, show Hind Al-Owais, currently Director of the UAE Permanent Committee for Human Rights (PCHR) and a former senior adviser at the United Nations, appearing in approximately 469 email exchanges with Epstein between 2011 and 2012.
The emails do not accuse Al-Owais of criminal wrongdoing, but show repeated social coordination and familiarity with Epstein, who later pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting a minor for prostitution and was charged federally in 2019 with sex trafficking before his death in jail.
In one January 2012 email included in the released records, Al-Owais wrote to Epstein: “Getting one girl ready is difficult enough; two girls, you can certainly call a challenge.”
Epstein responded by asking whether they could arrive closer to 11 a.m. so he could have “more time with the two,” according to the same exchange.
Other emails from the same month show Al-Owais discussing the possibility of introducing her sister to Epstein. In one message, she wrote:
“My sister is here and I have told her so much about you I want her to meet you let me know when!”
In a subsequent exchange, Epstein suggested lunch, to which Al-Owais replied:
“I am so excited to see you and introduce you to my sister — she is even prettier than me!”
Calendar entries and logistical messages included in the records show continued coordination around meeting times, indicating ongoing communication rather than isolated contact.
Al-Owais has frequently appeared at international conferences and UN-linked events speaking on gender equality and human rights. In a public address, she said:
“Investing in women is not only the right thing to do, but it’s also the smart thing to do.”
She later became the first Emirati to serve as a senior adviser at UN headquarters in New York since 1971, according to public biographies, which describe her work as focused on integrating gender considerations into the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
NO EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT, RECORDS SHOW
The Justice Department records do not indicate that Epstein played a role in Al-Owais’s appointment to the United Nations, nor do they allege that she participated in or was aware of Epstein’s criminal activities.
US authorities have said the documents form part of a large collection of raw and unverified records, and civil liberties groups have cautioned that individuals named in Epstein-related files should not be presumed to have engaged in wrongdoing without corroborating evidence.
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Published By:
Satyam Singh
Published On:
Feb 11, 2026
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