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Moudi bint Khalid Al Saud
SpouseAbdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Names
Moudi bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherKing Khalid
MotherSita bint Fahd Al Damir
ReligionIslam

Moudi bint Khalid Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian philanthropist and a member of the House of Saud. She is among the first female members of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia since January 2013.

Early life and education

Princess Moudi is the daughter of King Khalid and Sita bint Fahd Al Damir.[1][2] She received basic education in Riyadh and studied French.[1]

Career

Moudi bint Khalid is the general secretary the King Khalid Foundation and the chair of its investment committee.[3] She is also the general secretary of the Al Nahda Foundation of Riyadh.[1] The foundation was awarded the first Chaillot prize for human rights organisations in the Gulf in 2009.[4] She is a board member of the Saut, agency of the down syndrome foundation in Saudi Arabia.[5] In 2011, she began to provide fellowships under the Legatum Center to Saudi Arabian students attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[6]

In January 2013, she was elected to the Consultative Assembly, being one of the first 30 Saudi Arabian women appointed to the assembly.[7] In addition, she is one of the two royal women appointed along with Sara bint Faisal, daughter of King Faisal.[8][9]

Personal life

Princess Moudi is married to Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, son of King Faisal.[1] They have three children, two daughters, Sara and Albandari, and a son, Saud.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Moudi bint Khalid Al Saud
16. Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
8. Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
17. Sarah bint Mishari bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Saud
4. Abdulaziz ibn Saud
18. Ahmed Al Kabir bin Mohammed bin Turki Al Sudairi
9. Sarah bint Ahmed Al Kabir bin Mohammed Al Sudairi
2. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
20. Jiluwi bin Turki Al Jiluwi
10. Musaed bin Jiluwi Al Jiluwi
5. Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi
1. Moudi bint Khalid Al Saud
6. Fahd Al Damir
3. Sita bint Fahd Al Damir

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Princess Moudi bint Khalid". Who's Who Arab Women. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Biography of King Khalid". King Khalid Exhibition. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Board of Trustees:". King Khalid Foundation. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ^ Ana Echagüe; Edward Burke (June 2009). "'Strong Foundations'? The Imperative for Reform in Saudi Arabia" (PDF). FRIDE. pp. 1–23. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Board of Members". SAUT. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Legatum Fellowship". MIT. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Breakthrough in Saudi Arabia: women allowed in parliament". Al Arabiya. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  8. ^ Friedman, Brandon (28 January 2013). "The Saudi Kingdom in Transition: Women Appointed to the Majlis" (PDF). Telaviv Notes. 7 (2). Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Royal orders amend Shura Council system and form new chamber". Royal Embassy, Washington DC. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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