Al-Marsad Newspaper: Citizen Basma Al-Maiman recounted the details of her upbringing, her life in exile, and her coexistence in a number of countries.
She said during an interview with the Saudi channel: “I was born in America, I have 3 siblings, and I studied pre-school in America.”
And she continued: “I finished primary school in Riyadh, then we moved with my father to Pakistan after he was appointed as a military attache in Pakistan, and my brothers and I studied in American schools, and I finished intermediate school, and in the last stage of high school we returned to Riyadh and graduated from high school in Riyadh,” pointing to She was taught in English and French and her Arabic was weak.
She explained that the method of studying in Riyadh was different from the method of studying in American schools, noting that the Arabization of the subjects made her face difficulty in passing this stage, and also the university’s options were limited, and she chose to study English literature and linguistics.