Lamia bint Majid Al Saud

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

Her Royal Highness Lamia bint Majid Al Saud
Citizenship	Saudi Arabia
Education	BA Public Relations, Advertising and Applied Communication. Minor in Journalism, Misr International University 1997-2002
Occupation	Philanthropist
Employer	Alwaleed Philanthropies
Organization	United Nations
Known for	Philanthropy and humanitarianism
Title	Princess
Family	Al Saud

Biography

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] Under her leadership the foundation has enabled new opportunities for women in Saudi Arabia, including supporting the training of women ride-share drivers and enabling employment for women law graduates.^[7]

In September 2019 she opened a new Islamic art department at the Louvre.^[8] The department exhibits 3,000 pieces that were collected from Spain to India via the Arabian peninsula, dating from the 7th to the 19th centuries.^[9]

In 2020 she was appointed a UN-Habitat Goodwill Ambassador, with a brief to support "sustainable urbanisation".^[10][11]

Awards

• Honorary medal from the Vice-President of Laos Phankham Viphavanh (2017)^[10][2]
• Achievement in Philanthropies Award - Arab Women of the Year (2017)^[10]
• Baden Powell Fellowship - World Scout Foundation (2018)^[10]
• Most influential figure - Arab Council for Social Responsibility (2021)^[12]

References

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. "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. "How Saudi's HRH Princess Lamia is Reserving Traditional Crafts and Redefining Philanthropy". Vogue Arabia. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
8. "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.
9. "Saudi Arabia's Princess Lamia opens new and improved Islamic art space at Louvre in Paris". Arab News. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
10. "Human First". alwaleedphilanthropies.org. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
11. "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]}
12. ""لمياء بنت ماجد" تفوز بجائزة الشخصية الأكثر تأثيرًا في مجال العمل الخيري التنموي". صحيفة سبق الالكترونية (in Arabic). 16 November 2021.

External links

• Arab News: Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al-Saud (film)
• Khaleej Times: 'The hardest thing in life is to know who you really are': HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majid Al Saud (interview)
• Judge Business School: HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Saud AlSaud in conversation with Badr Jafar