Sameera Aziz

Sameera Aziz (Arabic: سميرة عزيز; born 24 June 1979) is a Saudi media personality, social worker, radio host, and businesswoman.

She was named the ambassador for Women and Children in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the SPMUDA International Organization.

[3] Sameera Aziz was born on 24 June 1976 in Al-Khober, Saudi Arabia, to Aziz-ur-Rehman and Mehar Afroz.

[4] She did postgraduate work in mass communication and film direction at Livewires-The Media Institute in Mumbai, India.

[9] She served as the Bureau Chief of the first Saudi independent English news website The Peninsula Times.

[11] She was simultaneously managing editor of Awaz, a youth-oriented weekly Urdu newspaper, published by parent company Okaz, that ceased publication in 2003, and also the managing editor of Fresh, a quarterly magazine published by Saudi Gazette's Okaz publications.

She was also an assistant and a production team member for director Majed Azzi on the film "Hayath," produced by Al-Mpda Media.

She also wrote, directed, and acted in a women-only comedy stage play which was presented by the Silsila Organization for Women in Jeddah.

[33] She enraged some men in her audience when she presented a Ghazal against male-dominated society in 1999 at a jam-packed auditorium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

She spoke about the international criticism that Saudi Arabia has often received for its lack of laws protecting women and domestic workers from abuse.

There is a legal ban on physical and sexual violence and other forms of abuse against women in Saudi Arabia, which applies both at home or within the workplace," she said.

[38] Aziz runs a social media campaign, #SupportSmile, with her team, Desi Vines and The Khalli Walli Show to promote what she calls a culture of smiles, love, and peace.

[42] She has become a voice for labor rights, focusing on the ill treatment of and crimes against domestic workers in Saudi Arabia.

She stated, “I have been serving internationally in radio, theatre, and conferences as a speaker and writer, but sports and film production is the most powerful mediums of mass-media to convey the message.

Sameera Aziz with SETWIN worker for a woman development program