She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of New Haven and holds a Business Administration degree – hoping to become a role model for women in Saudi and show that independent, non-married or divorced women can achieve great things. Without surprise, her choice of using her media appearances to advance such issues naturally led to tensions. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal’s brother had warned the couple that Princess Ameerah’s media presence needed to be controlled or she would be punished for it. Among other reasons, this was a cause for their divorce.