Fahda bint Saud

Fahda bint Saud Al Saud ( Fahada bint Su'ūd Āl Su'ūd; born 1953) is a Saudi royal and artist. Early life and education Princess Fahda was born in 1953. She is daughter of King Saud. Her mother is Jamila bint Assad bin Ibrahim Al Mirhi from Latakia, Syria. Princess Fahda received primary educational at the Karimat High School in Riyadh until 1964. Then in 1969, she graduated from the Beirut Evangelical School for girls (BESG) in Beirut. She received her bachelor's degree in political science from Beirut College for Women (now the Lebanese American University) in 1974. She then obtained a master's degree in political sciences from the American University of Beirut in 1976. She then studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies for one year. There she participated in a non-degree research courses in the department of political science. Later, she moved to Paris to study art and was trained by late Iraqi artist Issam Al Said on Islamic geometric patterns. Activities Princess Fahda is the founder as well as the head of publishing and archiving at the King Saud Library which collects, archives, and publishes the history and legacy of King Saud.