Noura bint Mohammed Al Saud
{{Short description|Saudi royal and jewelry designer}}
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| father = Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Saud
| mother = Nouf bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz
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Noura bint Mohammed Al Saud ({{Langx|ar|نورة بنت محمد آل سعود}}) is a Saudi royal and a businesswoman. She is the founder and owner of Nuun Jewels and is a jewelry designer.
Early life and education
Noura bint Mohammed was born in Saudi Arabia. She is a great-granddaughter of King Faisal. She is the daughter of Mohammed bin Abdullah, the son of Abdullah bin Faisal.{{cite news|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Expo+spotlight+on+stunning+designs+by+Princess+Nourah.-a0435523373|access-date=10 October 2020|work=Gulf Daily News|date=25 November 2015|location=Manama|title=Expo spotlight on stunning designs by Princess Nourah}} Her mother is Nouf bint Khalid, a daughter of King Khalid.
Noura is a graduate of King Saud University and holds a bachelor's degree in English literature.{{cite news
|title=Exclusive Interview: NUUN Jewels|url=https://www.katerinaperez.com/articles/exclusive-interview-nuun-jewels|access-date=10 October 2020|work=Katerina Perez|date=26 June 2015}}{{cite news|author=Marie-Caroline Selmer|title=A talk with Noura Al Faisal, the founder and creative director of Nuun jewels|url=https://theeyeofjewelry.com/nuun-jewels/nuun-jewels-news/a-talk-with-nourah-al-faisal-the-founder-and-creative-director-of-nuun-jewels/|access-date=10 October 2020|work=The Eye of Jewelry|date=19 March 2019}} She also studied interior design at Richmond University in London.{{cite news|title=Princess Noura Helps Young Saudis in The Design Industry|url=https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/princess-nourah-helps-young-saudis-design-industry-1428925|access-date=28 May 2021|work=Al Bawaba|date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523154917/https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/princess-nourah-helps-young-saudis-design-industry-1428925|archive-date=23 May 2021}} She participated Place Vendôme workshop on jewelry in Paris.{{cite news|title=Fashion|url=https://www.thebusinessyear.com/saudi-arabia-2018-19/fashion/b2b|access-date=10 October 2020|work=The Business Year|issue=19|year=2018|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129075036/https://www.thebusinessyear.com/saudi-arabia-2018-19/fashion/b2b|url-status=dead}}
Career
Noura bint Mohammed designed various high jewellery for private clients until 2014 when she founded Nuun Jewels,{{cite news|title=Brands. Nuun|url=http://www.thejewelleryeditor.com/brands/nuun/|access-date=10 October 2020|work=The Jewelry Editor}} a jewellery house,{{cite news|author=Hatem Alakeel|title=HRH Princess Noura bint Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud on building a design industry in Saudi Arabia|work=Buro|date=14 December 2018|url=https://www.buro247.me/culture/insiders/hrh-princess-noura-bint-mohammed-bin-abdullah-bin.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017094934/https://www.buro247.me/culture/insiders/hrh-princess-noura-bint-mohammed-bin-abdullah-bin.html|url-status=dead|access-date=10 October 2020|archive-date=17 October 2020}}{{cite magazine|author=Catherine Minthe
|title=Saudi Nuun Jewels Unveils its "Sweet Spot" at Jewellery Arabia|url=https://en.vogue.me/fashion/fine-jewelry/dolce-gabbana-high-jewelry-showcase-feast-eyes/|access-date=10 October 2020|magazine=Vogue Middle East|date=19 November 2019}} which is located in Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris.{{cite news|author=Olivia Morris|title=The Saudi jewellery brand you need to know about|work=Emirates Woman
|url=https://emirateswoman.com/saudi-jewellery-brand-nuun-jewels-interview/|access-date=10 October 2020|date=25 May 2020}} The word, Nuun, is a reference to her nickname, Nu.
In 2019 Noura also opened a branch of Nuun Jewels in Riyadh.{{cite news|author=Grace Gordon|title=Meet the Saudi Designer Shaking Up the World of Fine Jewelry|url=https://www.savoirflair.com/fashion/377898/nourah-al-faisal-interview|access-date=10 October 2020|work=Savoir Flair|date=17 January 2019}} She has exhibited her jewelry collection in different cities, including Paris, at the Four Seasons George V, Riyadh, Manama, Dubai and Monaco.{{cite magazine|author=Sophie Stevens
|title=First Look: New Collections From NUUN Jewels|url=https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/fashion/watches-jewellery/first-look-new-collections-nuun-jewels|access-date=10 October 2020|magazine=Harper's Bazaar Arabia|date=11 June 2018}}
In 2018 Noura bint Mohammed started a platform to assist the design industry and emerging designers in Saudi Arabia which is named Adhlal.{{cite web|title=Let's design local. Let's design Saudi|url=https://adhlal.com/|work=Adhlal|access-date=10 October 2020}}{{cite magazine|author=Sara El Safty|title=The 10 Most Successful Saudi Female Entrepreneurs Behind Homegrown Brands|access-date=10 October 2020|url=https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/leadership/women-leaders/the-10-most-successful-saudi-female-entrepreneurs-behind-homegrown-brands
|magazine=Forbes Middle East|date=30 July 2020}} In 2020 Forbes Middle East named her as the sixth most successful Saudi female entrepreneur who developed a native brand.
Princess Noura has been serving as a special adviser to the Jockey Club Saudi Arabia headed by Bandar bin Khalid Al Saud since 2020.{{cite news|title=Who's Who: Princess Nourah Al-Faisal, Saudi designer and founder of Nuun Jewels|access-date=30 June 2023|work=Arab News|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2017861/saudi-arabia|date=4 February 2022}}{{cite news
|author=Hussam Al Mayman|title=Saudi Cup can showcase Kingdom's beauty, Princess Nourah Al-Faisal tells 'The Mayman Show'|work=Arab News
|url=https://arab.news/wf933|access-date=30 June 2023|date=24 February 2023}}
Personal life
Noura bint Mohammed lives in Riyadh and Paris, and is married to Faisal Al Shawaf, a Saudi architectural engineer and the president of Saud Consulting Services.{{cite news|author=Diana Bell-Heather|title=A&E Interviews HRH Nourah Al Faisal, Founder of NUUN Jewels|url=https://aeworld.com/watches-jewellery/jewellery/ae-interviews-hrh-nourah-al-faisal-founder-of-nuun-jewels/|access-date=10 October 2020|work=A&E World|date=21 August 2018}} Faisal Al Shawaf is a graduate of the Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston.{{cite news|author=Kristen Walsh|title=Inspiration Builder|url=https://sites.wit.edu/wit-magazine/inspiration-builder/|access-date=11 October 2020|work=WIT Magazine|date=January 2019}}
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