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.
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.
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.