Lolowah Bint Faisal

1948

Ta"if, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

She is the sister of Foreign Minister Prince Saud and former Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Turki. She is a prominent activist for women"s education and other social issues in Saudi Arabia. Lolowah bint Faisal was one of nine children from the marriage of King Faisal and Queen Iffat. She was brought up in a palace in Ta’if. She had three children from that first marriage. Women"s issues Princess Lolowah has dedicated her life to improving the welfare of women in Saudi Arabia, especially in the field of education. From 1990 to 1999, she assisted her mother, Queen Iffat in supervising the Dar First Rate (at Lloyd's) Hanan School in Jeddah, the first private female high school in Saudi Arabia. She was involved in all the phases of the college"s founding, from raising funds, developing the curriculum, overseeing construction to the hiring of faculty and staff She currently serves as the university"s Vice Chair of the Board of Founders and Board of Trustees, and General Supervisor. She allowed herself to be photographed by Western media for the first time in 2005. During a public session at the 2007 World Economic Forum, she spoke out against the ban on driving for women in Saudi Arabia. In addition to advocating more rights for Saudi women, she also works against misconceptions about women in Saudi Arabia that exist in the West. Representing Saudi Arabia She has also represented Saudi Arabia at various international forums. In 2006, she led a delegation of Saudi businesswomen to Hong Kong. She has participated in Saudi trade missions abroad, accompanying senior Saudi royal family members on diplomatic travels. During the 2008 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, she presented the working session "What Kind of Education for What Kind of World?", delivering a speech focusing on the philosophy of education. She was the keynote speaker at the London Middle East Institute Conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London in 2003. In addition to her native Arabic, Princess Lolowah speaks fluent English and French.

Lolowah Bint Faisal

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Background

Like Faisal"s other children, she was educated abroad, and attended high school in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her father was assassinated when she was in her twenties by his half-brother"s son, Faisal bin Musaid.

Career

She is the sister of Foreign Minister Prince Saud and former Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Turki. She is a prominent activist for women"s education and other social issues in Saudi Arabia. Lolowah bint Faisal was one of nine children from the marriage of King Faisal and Queen Iffat.

She was brought up in a palace in Ta’if.

She had three children from that first marriage. Women"s issues Princess Lolowah has dedicated her life to improving the welfare of women in Saudi Arabia, especially in the field of education.

From 1990 to 1999, she assisted her mother, Queen Iffat in supervising the Dar First Rate (at Lloyd's) Hanan School in Jeddah, the first private female high school in Saudi Arabia. She was involved in all the phases of the college"s founding, from raising funds, developing the curriculum, overseeing construction to the hiring of faculty and staff

She currently serves as the university"s Vice Chair of the Board of Founders and Board of Trustees, and General Supervisor.

She allowed herself to be photographed by Western media for the first time in 2005. During a public session at the 2007 World Economic Forum, she spoke out against the ban on driving for women in Saudi Arabia. In addition to advocating more rights for Saudi women, she also works against misconceptions about women in Saudi Arabia that exist in the West.

Representing Saudi Arabia She has also represented Saudi Arabia at various international forums.

In 2006, she led a delegation of Saudi businesswomen to Hong Kong. She has participated in Saudi trade missions abroad, accompanying senior Saudi royal family members on diplomatic travels.

During the 2008 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, she presented the working session "What Kind of Education for What Kind of World?", delivering a speech focusing on the philosophy of education. She was the keynote speaker at the London Middle East Institute Conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London in 2003.

In addition to her native Arabic, Princess Lolowah speaks fluent English and French.

Achievements

In 2009, Princess Lolowah received an honorary degree from Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts. She also spoke at the commencement ceremony. Mount Holyoke College played a consultative role in the founding of Effat University.

Membership

She has been a member of the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Nahdah Philanthropic Society for Women in Riyadh since 1970. She served as a member of the Committee of International Trade of the Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industries. She is a member of the summit agenda of the World Economic Forum and participated in the forum"s sessions.

At home, she is a board member of the King Faisal Foundation.

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