Jordan

Queen Rania honours recipients of King Hussein Award for Cancer Research

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15th November 2021
Queen Rania of Jordan has honoured the recipients of the 2021 King Hussein Award for Cancer Research. The Queen of Jordan attended an award ceremony hosted by the King Hussein Cancer Foundation in her role as co-patron of the ceremony alongside her husband, King Abdullah. The Queen was joined by Prince Talal bin Muhammad and Princess Ghida Talal for the ceremony where she presented the…
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UAE

Proceedings for Dubai royal divorce begins

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31st October 2021
The divorce between the Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, and Jordan’s Princess Haya, 47, has begun. Princess Haya, the younger half-sister of Jordan’s King Abdullah, arrived at a London court on 26 October…
Jordan

Queen Rania meets with artisans helped by Prince Charles's non-profit

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13th October 2021
When you think of the Prince of Wales, your mind might not instantly go to Jordanian crafts, but Queen Rania was able to meet a group of local artisans who have benefitted from an international cultural heritage organisation he launched. Her Majesty visited the Turquoise Mountain showroom in Jabal Amman on 11 October to learn more about the organisation and how it supports cultural heritage.
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Queen Rania urges world to come together after pandemic

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23rd September 2021
In a pre-recorded message, Queen Rania of Jordan spoke to the international community at the World Humanitarian Forum (WHF) in New York. The Queen spoke to assembled UN officials, private sector executives, humanitarian activists, thought leaders and heads of state via a virtual message on Tuesday, September 21. She stressed that in times of crisis, people should not “focus only on…
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HistoryMiddle East

The last King and Queen of Afghanistan

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28th August 2021
The last King and Queen of Afghanistan were exiled in 1973, and with the monarchy abolished, Afghanistan became a republic. The last King of Afghanistan was Mohammed Zahir Shah, who succeeded his father in 1933 at the age of 19, following the latter’s…
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Queen Rania visits technology startup Wajeez

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17th August 2021
If you’ve ever shied away from a 15-hour-long audiobook, wishing you could get the information in a more bite-sized format, there’s an app for that. Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited the offices of a technology startup that solves this problem by giving Arabic speakers summaries of nonfiction books from around the world. The Jordanian queen stopped by the offices of tech startup…
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