Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz
{{short description|Saudi-American businesswoman, editor, and member of the Saudi royal family}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Deena Aljuhani
{{lang|ar| دينا الجهني}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|26}}
| birth_place = California, United States
| house = Saud
| spouse = Prince Sultan bin Fahad bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz (m. 1998)
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| father = Ali al-Juhani
| mother =
| occupation = Businesswoman, editor
}}
Princess Deena Ali Al-Juhani ({{langx|ar|دينا علي الجهني}}; born 26 December 1975) is a Saudi American businesswoman and editor. She is the founder and owner of DNA Store in Riyadh. She married into the Saudi royal family and is a former editor-in-chief of Vogue Arabia.
Birth and personal life
She was born in California, the daughter of former Saudi communications minister Ali al Juhani. She grew up living a mobile life between the Middle East and the United States as her father was an economist, teaching at several American universities. She became a member of the House of Saud following her marriage to Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz in 1998,{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/womens-style/meet-deena-aljuhani-abdulaziz-the-saudi-princess-launching-vogue/|title=Meet Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz: the Saudi princess launching Vogue Arabia|website=The Telegraph|date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=18 September 2017 |last1=Quick |first1=Harriet }} a grandson of Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. They have three children, a daughter and twin boys.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/vogue-arabia-princess-deena-aljuhani-abdulaziz.html|title=Vogue Arabia's First Editor Is Literally a Princess|first=Amy|last=Larocca|date=6 February 2017|work=The Cut|access-date=28 August 2017}}
Career
She became interested in fashion after seeing a copy of the British magazine Tatler, at six years old. "I was studying every magazine from cover to cover, I was eager for everything related to fashion," she says.{{cite web |last=Larocca |first=Amy |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/shopping/fashion/columns/look/10243/ |title=Deena Abdulaziz, Mother |date=November 8, 2004 |work=New York Magazine |access-date=August 28, 2017}} After attending several international fashion shows, she decided to open her store "D'NA" in Riyadh in 2006, which can only be bought from through membership or personal invitation from Abdulaziz. In 2013, a branch of the store opened in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite web |last=Street |first=Mikelle |date=July 5, 2016 |title=5 Things to Know About Vogue Arabia's First Editor-in-Chief |url=http://observer.com/2016/07/5-things-to-know-about-vogue-arabias-first-editor-in-chief/ |access-date=August 28, 2017 |website=Observer.com}} After a decade of successful business in the Persian Gulf region, Abdulaziz launched an e-shopping website called DNACHIC.com.{{Cite news |url=http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/deena-aljuhani-abdulaziz-launches-online-boutique-dnachic-com-10448927/ |title=Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz Launches Online Boutique DNACHIC.com |last=Hirschmiller |first=Stephanie |date=June 9, 2016 |work=WWD |access-date=September 18, 2017 |language=en-US}} "The store contributes fashion designers to Middle Eastern customers. In September 2016,{{Cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/saudi-princess-deena-aljuhani-abdulaziz-to-be-first-editor-of-vogue-arabia-20160706-gpzoww.html |title=Saudi princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz to be first editor of Vogue Arabia |last=Ward |first=Mary |date=July 6, 2016 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=September 18, 2017 |language=en-US}} Abdulaziz was appointed editor-in-chief of Vogue Arabia{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/how-a-saudi-princess-became-the-boss-at-vogue-jrqlf7dz6 |title=How a Saudi princess became the boss at Vogue |last=Pavia |first=Will |date=March 4, 2017 |work=The Times|access-date=September 18, 2017 |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/meet-deena-aljuhani-abdulaziz-editor-vogue-arabia|title=Who Is Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz?|last=Pithers|first=Ellie|access-date=2018-06-23}} in her first number and continued on the job for a short period before being expelled due to a dispute with the magazine's management.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/fashion/conde-nast-vogue-arabia-deena-aljuhani-abdulaziz.html |title=Vogue Arabia Suddenly Changes Editors |last=Safronova |first=Valeriya |date=April 14, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 18, 2017 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
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Category:American people of Saudi Arabian descent
Category:American women journalists
Category:Businesspeople from California
Category:Saudi Arabian businesspeople in fashion
Category:Saudi Arabian princesses by marriage
Category:Women magazine editors
Category:21st-century American businesswomen