When news broke this past weekend about Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana calling it quits, everyone was pretty shocked. The two had just welcomed their first child together, Eissa, a boy born in January. (They reportedly split right after Eissa was born.) Not only that, but they genuinely looked happy together, with Jackson telling Harper’s Bazaar Arabia that the couple have “a deep bond, a deep connection.” But in retrospect, we never really knew that much about the man. Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about Jackson’s soon-to-be ex-husband, Wissam Al Mana.
He Was Born in Qatar, Raised in London
The 42-year-old was born Wissam Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana in Doha, Qatar. However, he spent a large chunk of his life, his “developmental years,” in London. It was in the U.K. where his love of fashion came to be.
