Lamia bint Majid Al Saud

Lamia bint Majid Al Saud is a Saudi royal who is Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies.

Biography

Princess Lamia is the daughter of Prince Majed bin Saud, who is the son of King Saud bin Abdulaziz AlSaud. She graduated in 2001 with a BA in Public Relations & Marketing from Misr International University in Cairo. In 2003 she began a publishing company called Sada Al Arab, which published three magazines. In 2010 her novel, Children & Blood, was published which discussed honour killings and women's rights in the Middle East.
In 2016 she was appointed Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies. She had previously held the role of Executive Manager of Media & Communications there.
In September 2019 she opened a new Islamic art department at the Louvre.
In 2020 she was appointed a UN-Habitat Goodwill Ambassador, with a brief to support "sustainable urbanisation".

Awards

Honorary medal from the Vice-President of Laos Phankham Viphavanh
Achievement in Philanthropies Award - Arab Women of the Year
Baden Powell Fellowship - World Scout Foundation
Most influential figure - Arab Council for Social Responsibility