Nawwaf bin Nayef Al Saud

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Saud.

Nawwaf bin Nayef Al Saud (born 1988) is a member of the Saudi ruling family, one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz, and a businessman. He was detained in March 2020 together with other senior royals, including Mohammed bin Nayef and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz. Nawwaf was released in August 2020.^[1]

Nawwaf bin Nayef Al Saud
Born	1988 (age 35–36)
Spouse	Al Anoud bint Sultan Al Saud
Names Nawwaf bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
House	Al Saud
Father	Nayef bin Abdulaziz
Mother	Maha bint Mohammed Al Sudairi

Biography

Prince Nawwaf was born in 1988.^[2] He is one of five children of former Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz and Maha bint Mohammed Al Sudairi.^[3] His parents divorced.^[4] His full siblings are Nouf, Mishail, Hayfa and Fahd.^[4]

As of 2014 Nawwaf bin Nayef served as an administrative attaché at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the United States.^[5] He is married to Al Anoud bint Sultan, daughter of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz.^[5][6]

Arrest

Nawwaf bin Nayef was arrested in March 2020 along with his older brother and former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef who was dismissed from his governmental positions in 2017.^[7] They were detained together in a desert camp .^[8] In the same incident their uncle and King Salman's full-brother Ahmed bin Abdulaziz was also arrested.^[9][10] David D. Kirkpatrick and Ben Hubbard of The New York Times argue that this move was to eliminate the potential threats to the newly installed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.^[7] In August 2020 some Twitter accounts and his lawyers reported that Prince Nawwaf had been released, but they also added that it was not clear where he was.^[8][11]

References

1. Andrew England (24 August 2020). "Lawyers sound alarm on welfare of former Saudi crown prince". Financial Times. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
2. Sharaf Sabri (2001). The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. Delhi: I. S. Publications. p. 136. ISBN 978-81-901254-0-6.
3. Caryle Murphy (30 May 2010). "The heir apparent". Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
4. Karen Hedwig Backman (16 June 2012). "Born of Hassa bint Ahmad al Sudairi". Daily Kos. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
5. "Directory of diplomatic list". Diplomatic List. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
6. "ابناء الامير سلطان بالترتيب" (in Arabic). Almrsal. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
7. David D. Kirkpatrick; Ben Hubbard (6 March 2020). "Saudi Prince Detains Senior Members of Royal Family". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
8. "'Nobody can see him': Lawyers of detained Saudi prince sound alarm". Middle East Eye. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
9. "Reuters: King Salman approved arrest of senior royals". Middle East Monitor. Reuters. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
10. "Detained Saudi prince 'hospitalised after heart attack', Saudi Arabia says in later-deleted tweet". Al Araby. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
11. "أنباء عن إطلاق سراح أمير سعودي معتقل". Arabi (in Arabic). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.