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Lamia bint Majid Al Saud
CitizenshipSaudi Arabia
EducationBA Public Relations, Advertising and Applied Communication. Minor in Journalism, Misr International University 1997-2002
OccupationPhilanthropist
EmployerAlwaleed Philanthropies
OrganizationUnited Nations
Known forPhilanthropy and humanitarianism
TitlePrincess
FamilyAl Saud

Lamia bint Majid Al Saud (Arabic: لمياء بنت ماجد آل سعود) is a Saudi royal who is Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies.[1]

Biography

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Princess Lamia is the daughter of Prince Majed bin Saud, who is the son of King Saud bin Abdulaziz AlSaud.[2] She graduated in 2001 with a BA in Public Relations & Marketing from Misr International University in Cairo.[2] In 2003 she began a publishing company called Sada Al Arab, which published three magazines.[2] In 2010 her novel, Children & Blood, was published which discussed honour killings and women's rights in the Middle East.[3]

In 2016 she was appointed Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies.[4][5] She had previously held the role of Executive Manager of Media & Communications there.[6]

In September 2019 she opened a new Islamic art department at the Louvre.[7]

In 2020 she was appointed a UN-Habitat Goodwill Ambassador, with a brief to support "sustainable urbanisation".[8][9]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud appointed as UN-Habitat Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Arab States | UN-Habitat". unhabitat.org. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  2. ^ a b c d "HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Saud AlSaud". Concordia. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  3. ^ "The empowering Saudi princess who's made it her life's mission to give back". Emirates Woman. 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  4. ^ "HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Saud AlSaud | The Business of Philanthropy". www.businessofphilanthropy.org. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  5. ^ Soubrouillard, Régis; Conesa, Pierre; Haoues, Seniguer; Farhat, Sofia Karampali (2021-04-21). Le Lobby saoudien en France (in French). Denoël. ISBN 978-2-207-16065-7.
  6. ^ "HRH Princess Lamia bint Majed AlSaud | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  7. ^ "Saudi Arabia's Princess Lamia has Unveiled a New Islamic Art Space at the Louvre in Paris". Vogue Arabia. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  8. ^ a b c d "Human First". alwaleedphilanthropies.org. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  9. ^ "HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud appointed UN-Habitat Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Arab States | United Nations in Saudi Arabia". saudiarabia.un.org. Retrieved 2021-12-19.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ ""لمياء بنت ماجد" تفوز بجائزة الشخصية الأكثر تأثيرًا في مجال العمل الخيري التنموي". صحيفة سبق الالكترونية (in Arabic). 16 November 2021.
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