Hiba Abouk, ex of Achraf Hakimi, talks about her bad luck in love

Hakimi’s indictment for rape since February 2023 has led to the breakup of the couple he formed with actress Hiba Abouk. "There have been a lot of last-minute changes with young children involved that completely destabilize you. A romantic breakup, a divorce. All of this with children is a much bigger dimension, you no longer make decisions just for yourself," confides the ex-wife of the Moroccan international in an interview with Vicky Martín Berrocal.

Hiba had to leave Paris with her two sons, Amín, aged four, and Naím, aged two, to return to Madrid. She is resolving to face a harsh reality with courage. "Everything that concerns the core of your family is more difficult to take and that’s when I realized that I handled it very well. [...] I know myself well enough, I’ve been in therapy for years and when I look in the mirror, I love myself a lot, more and more every day. I admire my tenacity, my consistency. My greatest virtue is resilience, the ability to get back up from any blow."

A situation she says she has experienced badly. "Making this decision is very difficult. Things happened that you know have been very difficult, something we didn’t want to make public and that unfortunately became public, with children..." recalls the actress, thus referring to Hakimi’s indictment. Over the months, she was able to recover: "I got out of there calmly, it’s difficult because your nervous system is about to explode because a lot of things are happening, but sports have helped me a lot to let off steam and relax, boxing, Pilates, yoga... My therapist also helped me a lot, the warmth of my friends, which has been unconditional... All of this has made me feel strong enough to make all the decisions I had to make. But I had very hard moments, I exhausted myself, I physically consumed myself, it was a very difficult decision for me. I left everything for my family and my family broke."

The star of El Príncipe, assures that she does not regret her love story with Achraf Hakimi, with whom she had two children "My priority in life has always been to be a mother and now that I am, my absolute priority are my sons. All the decisions I make are for and because of them. My sons gave me life. I gave birth and they gave me life. I didn’t know love until my sons were born, so I realized that love is infinite and that you can give your life for another person." She considers herself unlucky in love. "All the flaws, I’ve had them with men, there yes I believe in bad luck, I must have had a very big flaw, I didn’t know how to choose well, all the men have been a disappointment. [...] If there is a disappointment, it is because there was first an illusion. With all of them, I had wonderful moments, but everything came to an end, everything ended."

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Today, Hiba looks to the future with serenity. "I’ve had the worst year of my life, but it’s now closed and I believe that now begins, alone, the best year of my life, with myself, with my work, with my children, with my new house which is perfect. I ask life for the health of my children and for myself, to be able to continue to take care of my children," she wishes.