Lojain Omran | |
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 Omran in 2017 | |
| Born | Lojain Omran 26 October 1977 (age 46) |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, Social media personality |
| Spouse(s) | Sheikh Salman Al-Thani (div.) Saif al-Mansoori |
| Relatives | Aseel Omran (sister) |
Lojain Omran (born 26 October 1977 [1] [2] ) is a Saudi Arabian television presenter and social media personality. She presented a show on a channel in Bahrain and is a cast member on the Netflix original reality television show, Dubai Bling (2022). [3]
Omran was born on 26 October 1977 [1] in Jubail, Eastern Province. Her father is Ahmed Omran and she has three siblings, two brothers Mazen Omran and Basil Omran and a sister actress Aseel Omran. [1] [4] [5] She moved to Bahrain in 2001, where she continued her banking career and later became an operations manager at Alawwal Bank, formerly Saudi Hollandi Bank. [6] She later worked at Citibank in Bahrain before becoming an Operations Manager at Fotoon Edu-Tinment, a position she held until 2004. [3]
She is believed to have been formerly married to Sheikh Salman Al-Thani, and with whom she has two children, a son named Samir and a daughter named Jilan, the latter of whom reportedly got married in Bahrain in December 2018. [1] She is currently married to Saif Al-Mansoori, a prominent businessman from the United Arab Emirates. [7]
Omran's TV programmes before Good Morning Arabs! included The Situation with Lojain, Ya Hala, Around the Gulf and World of Eve. [5]
Forbes included her at number 55 in their 2017 list of 100 Arab celebrities, one of five Saudi people listed. [8]
Omran has been described as "one of the most influential media personalities in the Middle East". [9] [10]
Omran has more than 11 million followers on her Instagram account, [11] and as one of the five "most popular fashion and beauty influencers" affecting millennials in the UAE. [12] Gulf Business listed her as number 87 in its Arab Power List 2018, describing her as an "Influencer / TV Host". [13] [14]
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