Al Anoud Al Fayez

Al Anoud bint Dahham Al Fayez
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Kingdom of Jordan
Spouse
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(m. 1972; div. 2003)​
IssuePrincess Jawaher
Princess Hala
Princess Maha
Princess Sahar
HouseAl-Fayez (by birth)
Al Saud (formerly, by marriage)
FatherSheikh Daham bin Dardah Al-Bakhit Al-Fayez
MotherGutnah Bint Mithqal Pasha Al-Fayez

Sheikha Al Anoud bint Dahham Al Fayez (Arabic: العنود بنت دحام الفايز; born 1957) is a Jordanian noblewoman and former Saudi royal. She is the daughter of one of the sheikhs of the Al-Fayez clan from Bani Sakher, Sheikh Daham bin Dardah Al-Bakhit Al-Fayez and his wife Gutnah bint Mithqal Pasha Al-Fayez, daughter of the paramount Sheikh of the Bani Sakher.

She married King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in 1972 when she was 15 years old and he was about 50 years old.[1] They divorced in 2003 and she has since then lived in London, United Kingdom.[1] The King reportedly soured on her because of their inability to produce a son.[1] She is the mother of four daughters: Jawaher, Hala, Maha, and Sahar Al-Saud.[2][1][3] Her daughters were held captive by the Saudi regime, prompting Sheikha Al Anoud to call on the international community to help them.[1][3] In 2021, her daughter Hala died.[1] Her daughter Maha died six months later.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Blake, Heidi (2024-10-10). "The Texan Doctor and the Disappeared Saudi Princesses". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X.
  2. ^ Meneses, Rosa (2014). "Las princesas encerradas en palacio". El Mundo.
  3. ^ a b Blake, Heidi (2023-06-28). "Saudi Arabia's Vanished Princesses". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X.