By Brendan Mcfadden For Mailonline
Published: 20:39 GMT, 11 March 2019 | Updated: 20:59 GMT, 11 March 2019
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A Saudi woman who was granted asylum in Canada after fleeing her homeland to escape her parents has celebrated her first birthday 'as a free woman'.
Rahaf Mohammed captured global attention in December after she barricaded herself in an airport hotel room in Bangkok in a bid to not be sent home to her family.
The 18-year-old said she was being oppressed by her family and took action to save her life.
She was handed over to the UN refugee agency and resettled to Canada in January.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, spent three days at Bangkok airport after being denied entry by Thai immigration officials
Today she took to Twitter to celebrate her birthday, saying: 'she was born again in this life' and that it was her 'first birthday being free'.
In response, people posted messages of support to the Saudi teenager.
