Hiba Abouk is the estranged wife of PSG and Morrocan football star, Achraf Hakimi.
Abouk is originally of Tunisian and Libyan descent who is 12-year older than her husband.
Her parents came to Spain after emigrating from Tunisia and had four children, with Hiba being the youngest of the brood.
She later went on to study Arabic philology and earned a licentiate degree in drama from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático – a drama school in Madrid, Spain
Hiba became famous for her first role in a single episode of the TV series El síndrome de Ulíses in 2008.
Her career, would two years later after her appearance took to stardom
She also landed a role in the comedy series La isla de los nominados, followed by a part in the Spanish adaptation of Cheer.
More importantly, it was the popular Spanish crime drama El Principe, her first leading role, that made her a household name.
Hiba met Hakimi in 2018 at a photo shoot for Vogue Arabia while he was playing for Real Madrid.
They later went public at a charity event in Madrid in June 2019 and made things official on Instagram two months later.
They married in secret in 2020 and are now proud parents to two boys, Amin and Naim.
In October, She graced the cover of Vogue Arabia.
Reportedly worth €3.1 million, she has 1.3 million followers on Instagram and earns a handsome amount from brand partnerships, promoting products such as Dior perfume.
She also has various charity projects, focused on promoting children’s health and welfare.
The divorce story
Achraf Hakimi was accused by a woman of raping her at his home in a Paris suburb on February 25.
Shortly afterwards, French prosecutors launched a formal investigation.
The 24-year-old has denied the allegation, saying that he is the victim of ‘racketeering’.
However, after a month of silence, Hiba issued a statement to say she had separated from Hakimi, ‘long before the events in which I have been involved in the media and of which I am totally unaware’.
In a Statement to El Pais, she said ‘After taking the decision to legally separate and stop living together, while awaiting the divorce proceedings, who would have imagined that in addition to facing the usual pain that comes with a separation and accepting the grief that comes with the failure of a family project to which I had given body and soul, I would have to face this ignominy,’
Hiba added that she has faith in the justice system and that she is always on the side of victims in such cases.