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Royal Profile: Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel

Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel was born 6 November 1983 as the daughter of Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi { Source }. She was raised by her divorced mother and grandparents{ Source }. When she was eighteen years old, she met Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal while conducting a school newspaper interview{ Source }. She would later become his third wife, and stepmother to his two children{ Source }. They were divorced in November 2013, but remain on good terms { Source } She attended schools in Saudi Arabia, and the United States. She attended the University of New Haven, graduating with a magna cum laude honors degree in business administration { Source }. Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel is an active philanthropist. She is vice-chair and head of the executive committee of the Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation both in Saudi Arabia and Global. She is chairwoman of Time Entertainment. Princess Ameera supports a wide range of humanitarian interests in both Saudi Ara...

Royal Profile: Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel

Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel was born 6 November 1983 as the daughter of Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi { Source }. She was raised by her divorced mother and grandparents{ Source }. When she was eighteen years old, she met Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal while conducting a school newspaper interview{ Source }. She would later become his third wife, and stepmother to his two children{ Source }. They were divorced in November 2013, but remain on good terms { Source } She attended schools in Saudi Arabia, and the United States. She attended the University of New Haven, graduating with a magna cum laude honors degree in business administration { Source }. Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel is an active philanthropist. She is vice-chair and head of the executive committee of the Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation both in Saudi Arabia and Global. She is chairwoman of Time Entertainment. Princess Ameera supports a wide range of humanitarian interests in both Saudi Arab...

Royal Profile: Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel

Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel was born 6 November 1983 as the daughter of Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi { Source }. She was raised by her divorced mother and grandparents{ Source }. When she was eighteen years old, she met Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal while conducting a school newspaper interview{ Source }. She would later become his third wife, and stepmother to his two children{ Source }. They were divorced in November 2013, but remain on good terms { Source } She attended schools in Saudi Arabia, and the United States. She attended the University of New Haven, graduating with a magna cum laude honors degree in business administration { Source }. Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel is an active philanthropist. She is vice-chair and head of the executive committee of the Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation both in Saudi Arabia and Global. She is chairwoman of Time Entertainment. Princess Ameera supports a wide range of humanitarian interests in both Saudi Ar...

Royal Profile: Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Tawell

Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel was born 6 November 1983 as the daughter of Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi { Source }. She was raised by her divorced mother and grandparents{ Source }. When she was eighteen years old, she met Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal while conducting a school newspaper interview{ Source }. She would later become his third wife, and stepmother to his two children{ Source }. They were divorced in November 2013, but remain on good terms { Source } She attended schools in Saudi Arabia, and the United States. She attended the University of New Haven, graduating with a magna cum laude honors degree in business administration { Source }. Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel is an active philanthropist. She is vice-chair and head of the executive committee of the Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation both in Saudi Arabia and Global. She is chairwoman of Time Entertainment. Princess Ameera supports a wide range of humanitarian interests in both Saudi Ar...

Royal Profile: Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel

Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel  was born 6 November 1983 as the daughter of Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi { Source }. She was raised by her divorced mother and grandparents{ Source }. When she was eighteen years old, she met Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal while conducting a school newspaper interview{ Source }. She would later become his third wife, and stepmother to his two children{ Source }. They were divorced in November 2013, but remain on good terms { Source } She attended schools in Saudi Arabia, and the United States. She attended the University of New Haven, graduating with a magna cum laude honors degree in business administration { Source }. Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel is an active philanthropist. She is vice-chair and head of the executive committee of the Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation both in Saudi Arabia and Global. She is chairwoman of Time Entertainment.  Princess Ameera supports a wide range of humanitarian interests i...

Royal Profile: Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi

Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi  was born 6 November 1983 as the daughter of Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi { Source }. She would meet her future husband, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal when she was conducting an interview for her school's newspaper{ Source }. Nine months later, they were married. They were divorced in November 2013 { Source }. Princess Ameera attended the University of New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut, USA, where she graduated with a degree in Business Administration { Source }. However, her claim to fame is not the fact she married a prince, but that she is an active humanitarian. She undertakes many humanitarian activities through her work as an executive committee member of The Al-Waleed bin Talal Foundation. She has received numerous humantiarian awards including{ Source }: The ITO Special Humanitarian Award on behalf of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Founation (2011,  Arabian Business Achievement ceremony ...

BREAKING: King Abdullah ibn Abdilazīz has died

Abdullah ibn Abdilazīz was born 1 August 1924 as the tenth son of King Abdulaziz & Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim { Source } In 1963, Abdullah was made commander of Saudi National Guard (SANG). TBeginning by 1985, SANG also sponsors the Janadiriyah festival that institutionalized the traditional folk dances, camel races, and tribal heritage{ Source }. King Khalid   appointed Prince Abdullah as second deputy prime minister in March 1975, a reflection of being the second in line of succession to the Saudi throne{ Source }.  Prince Abdullah was pressured to concede control of SANG in return for his appointment as Second Deputy Prime Minister. In August 1977, this caused a debate between hundreds of princes in Riyadh{ Source }. Prince Abdullah did not concede authority of SANG because he feared that would weaken his authority{ Source }. On 13 June 1982 when King Khalid died, Fahd bin Abdulaziz became King, Prince Abdullah became Crown Prince the same day ....

Royal Profile: Prince Al Waleed bin Talal

Al Waleed bin Talal  was born 7 March 1955 as the son of Prince Talal and Mona Al Solh {Source:Fandy, Mamoun (2007). (Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-275-99393-1. Retrieved 21 October 2012.} His parents separated when he was seven years old, and he resided in Saudi Arabia with his mother { Source }. During his youth, he would often run away from home for a few days, sleeping in the backs of unlocked cars{ Source }. Later on, he was sent to a military school, where he learned strict discipline{ Source }. He attended university in the United States, earning a bachelor of Sciences degree in business administration form Menlo College in 1979{ Source }.  In 1985, he obtained a master's degree in social science from Syracuse University{ Source }. He founded, is CEO and 95% owner of the Kingdom Holding Company , founded in 1980 { Source }. In 2011, he made an investment in the social media network T...

Crown Prince Sultan al Saud (1928-2011)

Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud was born on January 5, 1928 in Riyadh the son of King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia and his wife Princess Hessa Al-Sudairi. He, along with his brothers recieved their early education in religion, modern culture, and diplomacy at the royal court. He became Governor of Riyadh in 1947. In 1947, he oversaw ARAMCO's construction of the Kingdom's rail link between Dammam and Riyadh. He became Minister of Agriculture in 1953 and Minister of Communications in 1988. He was appointed as Minister of Defense and Aviation in 1962 by King Faisal. During his time as Minister of Defense and Aviation, he purchased U.S. tanks, fighter planes, missiles and AWACS (airborne warning and control systems). However, Saudi military has had problems assimilating technology within its armed forced because much of the gear is grounded. a large portion of Saudi's $34 billion defense budget is spent on maintaining military equipment from the 1970s. Sultan has allege...