Do looks matter? X users are obsessed with a handsome man who tried to look like a terrifying pirate. He joins a long lineage of glamorous figures on the wrong side of the law.
Yemeni pirate becomes surprise heartthrob
Above deck: One X user said of al-Haddad: “He can board my ship anytime”. Glossary
Yemeni - From Yemen, a country of nearly 33 million bordering Saudi Arabia on the Arabian peninsula.
Houthi - The Houthis represent a Shia Muslim minority, but have won support from other Yemenis dissatisfied with the government.
Red Sea - A seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean. To its right is Saudi Arabia, to its left the coast of north Africa.
X - A social media network, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk.
Martyrdom - Dying for a cause.
Che Guevara - An Argentina Marxist revolutionary, who was a major figure of the Cuban revolution. He died in 1967.
Camila Vallejo - A Chilean Communist Party politician, who rose to prominence during student protests in the early 2010s.
Botticelli - A 15th-Century Florentine artist best known for his The Birth of Venus and Primavera.
Jesse James - A 19th Century American outlaw, bank and train robber and gang leader.
Bonnie and Clyde - American criminals who travelled the United States during the Great Depression.
Courtier - Somebody who is in the royal court as an adviser to the monarch.
Napoleon Bonaparte - The French military commander and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
Winston Churchill - The British prime minister during World War Two, and later from 1951 to 1955.
Jane Austen - An English novelist most famous for writing Pride and Prejudice.
Ludwig van Beethoven - A German composer and pianist. One of the defining figures of Western classical music.