ABU DHABI (Dispatches) – A prominent Emirati poet said Sunday she was barred from travel over her opposition to her country’s decision to normalize relations with the Zionist regime. Dhabiya Khamis said she was banned from boarding a Cairo-bound flight from the Dubai Airport. "I fear for my freedom and life from being threatened and arrested,” she said. Several writers and poets have expressed support and solidarity with Khamis after being banned from travel. The female poet has earned the ire of the Emirati authorities after she described her country’s decision to normalize relations with the occupying regime as a "sad and catastrophic day”.