Saudi Arabia

Saudi Prince Alwaleed supports Crown Prince's reforms

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a Saudi Arabian billionaire formerly detained in an anti-corruption campaign, pledged his support for the Crown Prince’s reforms on Thursday. Ordered by King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – colloquially known as MBS – launched the 2017 anti-corruption campaign that jailed around 56 high-profile Saudi Royal Family members and businessmen…
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Jordan

King and Queen of Jordan welcomed to the White House while on DC trip

Their Majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan were welcomed to the White House yesterday by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for an expanded bilateral meeting. This was their second visit to the White House while Trump has been in office. First on the agenda was a meeting in the Oval Office, which took place with the Queen and First Lady.  Later, the King and…
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Jordan

Happy 25th wedding anniversary to King Abdullah II and Queen Rania - take a look back at their wedding

On 10 June 1993, then-Prince Abdullah married Rania al Yassin in a traditional Muslim ceremony in Amman. The 31-year-old Prince and his 22-year-old fiancé had only been dating for a few months, after meeting at a dinner party in August of 1992, when they became engaged in January 1993. Abdullah would tell People Magazine a few years later that “It was love at first sight.” What neither knew…
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Jordan

Jordanian Royal Family celebrate Jordan's independence day

His Majesty King Abdullah attended the official national celebration marking Jordan’s 72nd Independence Day, on Thursday 24. The King, along with Her Majesty Queen Rania, Princess Muna, Crown Prince Hussein, and Princess Salma, were greeted by the national anthem as they…
Jordan

Princess Salma of Jordan graduates from high school

Princess Salma bint Abdullah of Jordan, 17, graduated from high school at the International Amman Academy (IAA) on Tuesday, 22 May. Her older brother, Crown Prince Hussein handed her, her diploma after doing a sibling secret handshake and a hug. IAA is a bilingual school (Arabic and English), and the graduation ceremony was in English as the announcer could be heard congratulating the graduates in…
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