Abeer bint Abdullah Al Saud

Abeer bint Abdullah Al Saud is a member of Saudi royal family, House of Saud. She is the chairperson of the Asayel Cooperative Society. She has been in exile in Scotland since 2020.

Abeer bint Abdullah Al Saud
SpouseFahd bin Turki Al Saud
Names
Abeer bint Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Abdullah
MotherHessa bint Trad Al Shaalan

Early life and activities

Abeer bint Abdullah is the eighth daughter of King Abdullah.[1][2] Her mother is Hessa bint Trad Al Shaalan.[3] Abeer is the full sister of Faisal bin Abdullah who was former president of the Saudi Arabian Red Crescent and dismissed from the office in the mid-2016 without any official announcement.[4]

Abeer is the president of the Asayel Cooperative Society which assists families in their production-related activities [5] and the international ambassador for social responsibility.[5] Some of her positions include honorary president of the Arab Traffic Safety Organization, chair of the board of governors for the Arab Women Charter, and honorary member of the Initiative for Sustainable Human Development and the Arab Women Charter.[6] She is also the founder of the Al Obayya project.[6] In 2019 she initiated a community partnership award bearing her name.[4]

Personal life

Abeer bint Abdullah married Fahd bin Turki who served as the commander of the Saudi-led coalition joint forces operating in Yemen between February 2018 and late August 2020.[2] They have four children, one son and three daughters.[7] Their son, Abdulaziz bin Fahd, was named deputy governor of Al Jouf province in 2017.[2][8] His tenure ended on 31 August 2020 when his father was also dismissed.[2][9] One of their daughters, Noura, married Mish'aal bin Sultan Al Saud, son of Prince Sultan, in 2013.[10]

Just before the arrest of her husband and her son in August 2020 Abeer bint Abdullah went into exile in Scotland.[11]

References
  1. "تعرّف على أبناء وبنات الملك عبد الله الـ36". Al Sharq (in Arabic). 23 January 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. David Hearst (7 September 2020). "Saudi purge: Why Mohammed bin Salman can never rest". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. "فيصل بن عبد الله.. تعرّف إلى الأمير الذي أُقصي "دون ضجيج"". Arabi 21 (in Arabic). 13 May 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. Sherif Omar (4 September 2020). "إقصاء فهد بن تركي.. ابن سلمان يضرب قوّتين من العائلة مجددا". Arabi 21 (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. "Princess Abeer bint Abdullah awarded international prize for her efforts in community empowerment". Saudi Gazette. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  6. "الأميرة عبير بنت عبدالله تحصد الجائزة الأوروبية لأخلاقيات العمل". Sayidaty (in Arabic). Jeddah. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  7. "الأمير فهد بن تركي: من هو الأمير السعودي المُقال والمُحال للتحقيق؟". BBC Arabic (in Arabic). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  8. Karen Elliott House (July 2017). "Saudi Arabia in Transition: From Defense to Offense, But How to Score?" (PDF). Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. p. 7. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  9. "Saudi, Yemen military shakeups could mark new chapter in war". The Arab Weekly. Riyadh. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  10. "من هي زوجة الامير مشعل بن سلطان – ترند السعودية" (in Arabic). Saudi Trend. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  11. "US institute reports former Saudi commander in Yemen sentenced to death". Middle East Monitor. 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021.
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