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…
