For other people named al-Taweel, see | She also received the Woman Personality of the Year Award from the Middle East Excellence Award Institute |
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Since her divorce of prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud, she is no longer a princess and also does not belong to the royal house of her ex-husband | Her father is Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi |
Al-Taweel has spoken out publicly in the United States on NBC's Today, CNN International and NPR, as well as in Time magazine and Foreign Policy magazine in support of both women's right to drive in her country of Saudi Arabia and the broader issue of women's overall empowerment to contribute fully to Saudi society.
28Her former husband Prince Al Waleed was warned by his brother Prince Khalid to control Ameera's media appearances or next time they would be punished without prior warning | She also says she wants to be among the first women to drive on Saudi roads |
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Al-Taweel is a graduate of the with a degree in Business Administration | She is also The founder and CEO of Times Entertainment and Co-Founder of a non-profit organization that promotes social entrepreneurship |
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She was the most high-profile newcomer to the CEO Middle East 100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2012 list with a fourth-place ranking | She has visited more than seventy-one countries |
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Her self-described approach to reform is one of "evolution, not revolution" | Together with , Ameera also formally opened the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies at the , where she accepted, from Prince Philip, an 800th Anniversary Medal for Outstanding Philanthropy |
Most recently she has spearheaded a relief mission to , where she and her ex-husband, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, oversaw the distribution of Foundation-sponsored aid.