His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan
will begin a visit to the United States tomorrow, 30 January. He
will be the first Arab leader to meet the new Trump administration.
It is unknown if he will meet the President while he is in the
country. The Jordanian embassy said on Thursday, “HM King Abdullah
II will start a working visit to U.S. on Monday during which he
will meet [with the] new…
The Golden Heart Awards, founded and run
by the Heart for Children in 1978, are a way in which people who
have been particularly active and effective in advocating for
homeless, dispossessed and disenfranchised children across the
globe can be suitably honoured for their…
Queen Rania receives first humanitarian award from Foreign Press Association
30th November 2016
During the Foreign Press Association’s
(FPA), seventeenth annual FPA Media Awards ceremony in London on
Tuesday, Queen Rania Al Abdulla of Jordan was the first recipient
of the Humanitarian Award created by the organisation. The FPA has
been in existence for nearly 130…
King Abdullah of Jordan was interviewed
by the Australian television show, Lateline last week. The
interviewed covered the topics of Australia’s fight against global
terrorism and the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency on the Middle
East. His Majesty spoke exclusively with reporter Tony Jones in the
Australian capital city of Canberra. The first question of Mr Jones
was whether or…
Her Royal Highness Princess Haya bint Al
Hussein has opened up in a rare interview with Emirates Woman about
the loss of her mother, the ongoing Syrian conflict, her social
media views, her admiration for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and
more. Princess Haya, the younger…
It is not often we get the chance to
report good news from the Middle East, but King Abdullah II of
Jordan has been awarded a Peace Prize in Germany. He was awarded
the Westphalian Peace Prize for 2016, and has just received the
award in the German city of Muenster from the…
King Abdullah and Queen Rania have been
on-the-go for much of last week ovet the weekend. After
conducting a state visit of Belgium, they headed across the
Atlantic to the United States for a very special occasion. Much
pomp and circumstance was made of their visit in the US capitol;
but the ceremony they flew in to town for wasn’t for them but for
their eldest son. His Royal Highness…
King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of
Jordan rounded up their state visit to Belgium yesterday with a
visit to the town of Zeebrugge and the city of Bruges in West
Flanders. While in Bruges the royals visited the Memling Museum,
housed in Old St. John’s Hospital and a…
Queen Rania of Jordan has met with
refugees at the Kara Tepe refugee camp on the Greek Island of
Lesbos last Monday. Speaking of the refugees, Queen Rania said they
had, “seen unspeakable horror and experiences unthinkable tragedy”.
Queen Rania was…
On Friday, April 8th the Royal Hashemite
Court welcomed a new addition with the birth of the third daughter
of Their Royal Highnesses Prince Hamzah Bin Al Hussein and Princess
Basma Hamza—Her Royal Highness Princess Badiya bint Hamzah.
Half-brother to King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, Prince Hamzah Bin
Al Hussein (b. 1980) is the eldest son of King Hussein bin Talal
(b. 1935 – d. 1999) and his…
