Samira Khashoggi (or Kashoggi) (1935 - March 1986) was the first wife of Egyptian born Mohamed Al-Fayed, and the mother of Dodi Fayed.
Her father Muhammad Khashoggi was a medical doctor of Turkish descent[1] — the family name means spoonmaker (Kaşıkçı) in Turkish. She is the sister of Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi She met Mohamed Al-Fayed on the beach in Alexandria,[2] and they married in 1954. The marriage lasted two years, and produced one child, Dodi Fayed. Samira separated from Mohamed Al-Fayed just months after Dodi's birth. She died of a heart attack in 1986 aged 51.
She was the aunt of actress Nabila Khashoggi.[3]
Her son Dodi Fayed was reportedly devoted to her, and would telephone her almost every day up to her death. Dodi once told a friend: "If it meant giving up everything I have — cars, wealth, and women — I would do it to bring my mother back." [4]