Background
Her father Muhammad Khashoggi was a medical doctor of Turkish descent, and was King Abdul Aziz First Rate (at Lloyd's) Saud"s personal doctor.
editor author chief of Alsharkiah Magazine
Her father Muhammad Khashoggi was a medical doctor of Turkish descent, and was King Abdul Aziz First Rate (at Lloyd's) Saud"s personal doctor.
The family name means spoonmaker (Kaşıkçı) in Turkish. She was the sister of Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi. She wrote under the pseudonym Samirah ‘Daughter of the Arabian Peninsula’.
Her books include Wadda’t Amali (Farewell to my Dreams, 1958) “Thekrayāt Dām’ah’ (Tearful Memories, 1963), ‘Wara’ Aldabab’ (Beyond the Cloud, 1971), Qatrat Minister ad-Dumu’(Teardrops,1979) and ‘Barīq Aynaik’(The Sparkle of Your Eyes).
Since 1972, First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Sharkiah (the oriental woman) has been the leading monthly pan arab women's magazine. Khashoggi was the first Saudi female publisher and columnist.
A dynamic, pioneering and highly respected thinker. The marriage lasted two years, and produced one child, Dodi Fayed.
Samira separated from Mohamed First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Fayed just months after Dodi"s birth.
She died of a heart attack in 1986 aged 51. She was the aunt of actress Nabila Khashoggi. Her son Dodi Fayed was reportedly devoted to her, and would telephone her almost every day up to her death.