Reem bint Mohammed Al Saud
{{Short description|Saudi Arabian royal and photographer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|Al Saud}}
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| birth_place = Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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| father = Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud
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| occupation = Collector, photographer, gallery owner
| house = Al Saud
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Reem bint Mohammed Al Saud ({{langx|ar|ريم بنت محمد آل سعود}}), also known as Reem Al Faisal, is a Saudi Arabian photographer and gallery owner, who lives in Jeddah and Paris.
Biography
Reem is the daughter of Mohammed bin Faisal and granddaughter of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.{{cite news|title=Chris Hardwick sold his house to Princess Reem Al Faisal|url=https://www.dirt.com/showbiz/producers/chris-hardwick-house-saudi-princess-reem-al-faisal-5527/|access-date=9 August 2020|work=Dirt|date=12 October 2016}} She studied Arabic literature at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah before leaving the school to attend Spéos in Paris to pursue photography.{{cite web|title=FotoFest 2014 Reem Al Faisal|url=http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/2014/03/24/article/24505/fotofest-2014-reem-al-faisal/|access-date=13 March 2016|date=24 March 2014}}
She authored Diwan Al Noor: A Photographic Journey through Light, Water, and People and The Hajj. Her primary medium is black and white photography, although work she unveiled in 2016 incorporated the use of colour and graphic design.{{cite news|author=Siraj Wahab|title=Art Is Not a Luxury, Says Princess Reem|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/282710|access-date=13 March 2016|agency=Arab News|date=3 April 2006}} She has exhibited in Bahrain, China, Dubai, Egypt, France, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Palestine, Singapore, Spain, and the United States.{{cite web|title=Reem Al Faisal|access-date=13 March 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016
|url=http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/reem_al_faisal/|work=Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306111703/http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/reem_al_faisal/|url-status=dead}}
The Empty Quarter, a photography gallery run by her in Dubai, opened in 2008 and was the first of its kind in the region. A sister gallery, located in Jeddah, opened in 2015.{{cite news|author=Jumana Al Tamimi|title=Saudi princess Reem Al Faisal makes photography her career|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-princess-reem-al-faisal-makes-photography-her-career-1.1165307|access-date=13 March 2016|publisher=Gulf News|date=1 April 2013}}{{cite news|author=Joobin Bekhrad|title=Shiny Happy People|work=Reorient
|url=http://www.reorientmag.com/2016/03/reem-al-faisal/|access-date=13 March 2016|date=1 March 2016|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110033400/http://www.reorientmag.com/2016/03/reem-al-faisal/|url-status=dead}}
In 2016 she bought the house of Chris Hardwick in Los Angeles. Her former US property was an apartment at Sierra Towers building in West Hollywood which she owned between 2008 and 2013.
In 2017 Reem Al Faisal was awarded Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, French order, due to her contributions to arts.{{cite news|title=Through the lens of Reem Mohammed Al Faisal|url=http://www.albiladdailyeng.com/through-the-lens-of-reem-mohammed-al-faisal/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317202533/http://www.albiladdailyeng.com/through-the-lens-of-reem-mohammed-al-faisal/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 March 2017|access-date=9 August 2020|work=Al Bilad|date=12 March 2016}}
Exhibitions
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