King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan
opened the Emergency Hospital at Al Bashir on Sunday, 16 August.
The new hospital is affiliated with Al Bashir Public Hospital in
Amman. The new 22,000 square metre Emergency Hospital was built to
help accommodate the influx of new patients. Construction began in
2018 after a royal directive, and it has been completed at a good
time as the world is…
Ahead of Queen Rania’s 50th birthday, we
are taking a look at her best tiara moments. She joined the
Jordanian Royal Family in 1993 and became the Queen consort of
Jordan in 1999. Since then, she has not had as many opportunities
to dust off the tiaras as her European…
Ahead of her 50th birthday, we are taking
a look at Queen Rania of Jordan’s namesake foundation: the Queen
Rania Foundation for Education and Development. The Queen Rania
Foundation for Education and Development (QRF) was established in
2013 by Queen Rania to improve…
The King of Jordan sends military field hospital to provide medical support following Beirut blast
5th August 2020
King Abdullah II of Jordan has ordered a
military field hospital to deploy immediately to Beirut to help
treat those injured in the huge blast in the city. The field
hospital, along with medical staff and supplies, is on its way to
the Lebanese capital following the explosion on August 4th 2020. At
least 100 people were killed and over 4,000 hurt in the blast which
shook the whole city. At…
Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan stood in
for his father, King Abdullah II, on Thursday and opened a military
retirees club in the Maan Governorate. The 26-year-old Crown Prince
wore a mask as he reaffirmed his father’s desire to continue to
follow up on the condition of…
The King of Saudi Arabia, 84-year-old
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has undergone gallbladder surgery
after being admitted to King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Centre earlier this week for inflammation of the organ.
The state news agency, SPA, reported that…
Queen Rania of Jordan visited the Ajloun
Forest Reserve in Ajloun on 21 July to learn more about tourist
experiences in the area. The Queen was able to see the experiences
“offered by Reef Spring Resorts and the Ajloun Forest Reserve
through the sustainable tourism platform Sawwah,” according to Her
Majesty’s Office. She was welcomed by Manager, Othman Tawalbeh and
Tourism Manager…
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been
admitted to hospital. The 84-year-old monarch was admitted to a
hospital in the capital of Riyadh after suffering from gall bladder
problems. Saudi Arabia’s state news agency, SPA, said on Monday
that His Majesty was admitted for…
Saudi Arabia’s Princess Reema bint Bandar
al-Saud has been elected as a member of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC). Her inclusion was approved during the IOC’s 136th
session. The IOC made the announcement of her election on Friday.
She is one of four new…
As the world slowly reopens after the
COVID-19 outbreak, the royals are getting back to undertaking more
public duties. On Monday, Queen Rania and her daughter, Princess
Iman visited Umm Qais in the Irbid Governorate to learn about their
sustainable tourism efforts. The Queen drove herself and her
daughter to the village which sits north of Jordan’s capital of
Amman. On her Instagram…
