Who is Samira Khashoggi first wife of Al-Fayed?

Samira Khashoggi who is known to be the first wife of Mohamed Al Fayed was best received as a Saudi Arabian progressive author, as well as the founder of Al Sharkiah magazine. She was the sister of the Saudi businessman Adnan Khashoggi.

Who is Samira Khashoggi first wife of Al-Fayed?

Samira Khashoggi was born in 1935, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia to Muhammad Khashoggi and Samiha Ahmed her parents. Her father Muhammad Khashoggi was King Abdulaziz Al Saud’s doctor. She was educated in Egypt. She passed away in March 1986.

In 1962, Khashoggi began to head a women’s welfare association, Al Nahda, which was based in Riyadh and was the first organization targeted towards women in Saudi Arabia. She was one of the Saudi women who supported the education of girls.

Samira Khashoggi met Mohamed Al Fayed on the beach in Alexandria through her brother, Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi and they married in 1954. The marriage lasted two years and produced one child, Dodi Fayed. Samira separated from Mohamed Al Fayed just months after Dodi’s birth and returned to Saudi Arabia. She then married Saudi Ambassador Anas Yassin and had her second child, Jumana Yassin.

Source: Ghanafuo.com