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Sameera Aziz is a Saudi media personality, journalist, film director and novelist. She is a Jeddah-based Saudi national. She is an owner of Sana Solkar Production, the first Saudi production house in Bollywood and India.〔(Sana Solkar Production )〕 She is most notable as a radio presenter of her weekly show 'Marhaba with Sameera Aziz' in Asian Radio Live,〔(Asian Radio Live )〕 which is based in the United Kingdom. She was also notable for her work with the Saudi Gazette newspaper as a Senior International Editor earlier. Currently, she is the president of Asian Information Agency (AIA), a Worldwide News Service.〔(Asian Information Agency (AIA) )〕 She has participated as a guest speaker in many national and international forums regarding social, expatriate, animal, and women's issues.〔(Arab News: Aftermath of Mumbai Bombings ) Retrieved 3 October 2009〕〔(Pakistan Times article ) Retrieved 3 October 2009〕 〔(Saudi Gazette article ) Retrieved 14 August 2011〕 She is recognized as a first Saudi female Bollywood director, producer and writer. She is also recognized as the first Saudi novelist of Urdu language in Saudi Arabia.〔()〕 She is active in humanitarian work. ==Early life abroad== Sameera Aziz was born on 24 June 1979 in Al-Khober, Saudi Arabia, to Aziz-ur-Rehman, a bravery award holder of the Pakistan Navy and Mehar Afroz, a beautician from the United States of America. Her parents first migrated to Pakistan from India, and then to Saudi Arabia, and later still to the United States of America. She was the only daughter of three children; she has two elder brothers, Faisal Aziz and Fahad Aziz. Her early education was completed abroad, in Karachi's Gulistan Shah Abdul Latif School, and later at P.E.C.H.S. Girl's College and the University of Karachi, which ranked among the top three universities of the country and has entered to THE-QS World University Rankings for the top 500 universities in the world. She married at the age of 15 and completed her education after her marriage. Before completing her PhD in Trade Relations, she received Masters degrees in International Relations and Journalism. She studied film making from Hollywood directors. Sameera is considered a victim of child marriage by western media. However, she strongly rejected this characterization, stating heedfully in an interview to a UAE-based newspaper that her marriage was not a hurdle on the road to achievement. She married for the protection and to set her life on a successful course by pursuing further education after marriage.〔(South Asian Pulse and Daily Taqat,UAE )〕 Born to Pakistani expatriate parents in Saudi Arabia, Sameera was orphaned at the age of 2, when her father died of heart failure. In the absence of proper care, her early childhood days and most of her teenage life was filled with hardships. At the age of nine, Sameera dabbled in writing which later in her life turned into a passion. Besides her studies, she supported her mother at a young age by working in her beauty salon at home. As a young girl, she was very athletic and played cricket, enjoyed inline roller-skating and cycling. The turning point in her life came when at 15, she got married to a Saudi national, who offered her support for continuation of her studies. At this stage of her life, through her bold and candid writings, sting operations, poetry and authoring a novel, she carved a niche in the field of journalism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sameera Aziz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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