Samira Khashoggi (Arabic: سميرة خاشقجي, 1935 – March 1986) was a Saudi Arabian progressive author, as well as the founder of Al Sharkiah magazine.

[3] she was the daughter of Muhammad Khashoggi, King Abdulaziz Al Saud's personal doctor and Samiha Ahmed, a Saudi woman of Syrian descent.

Her books include Wadda't Amali (Farewell to my Dreams, 1958), Thekrayāt Dām'ah (Tearful Memories, 1963), Wara' Aldabab (Beyond the Cloud, 1971), Qatrat Min ad-Dumu' (Teardrops, 1979) and Barīq Aynaik (The Sparkle of Your Eyes).

Since 1972, Al Sharkiah has been the leading monthly pan-Arab women's magazine.

[6] Khashoggi separated from Al Fayed just months after Dodi's birth and returned to Saudi Arabia.