Alaoudh's own father, prominent cleric Salman al-Awdah, has been held since 2017, seemingly in retaliation for a Twitter post that clashed with Saudi Arabia's policy at the time of isolating Qatar. 
Bambo awo a Alaoudh, a Salman al-Awdah, womwe ndi wansembe wodziwika, akhala atamangidwa kuchoka mu 2017 kamba koyankha zosagwirizana ndi lamulo la Saudii Arabia pa tsamba la mchezo la Twitter, panthawi yomwe dzikoli limadzipatula ku dziko la Qatar.