Lojain Omran

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 was a cast member on the Netflix original reality television show, Dubai Bling (2022).^[3]

Lojain Omran
Omran in 2017
Born	Lojain Omran 26 October 1977 (1977-10-26) (age 47) Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Occupation(s)	Television presenter, Social media personality
Spouse(s)	Sheikh Salman Al-Thani (div.) Saif al-Mansoori
Relatives	Aseel Omran (sister)

Early and personal life

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]

Career

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]