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Jordan's future Crown Princess carries out second official engagement

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27th January 2023
Jordan’s future Crown Princess carried out an official engagement alongside her fiancé this week in Amman. Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa visited the Fragrance of Colors programme in Jordan’s capital city to learn more about how it teaches blind and visually-impaired people to draw and identify colours using their sense of smell. On his official Instagram account, Crown Prince Hussein…
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Freeze a tax to unfreeze the population: King Abdullah directs government to suspend kerosene tax

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4th January 2023
King Abdullah of Jordan met with representatives from Aqaba, one of the country’s 12 governorates, to set an agenda for the future.  During this meeting, which took place on 2 January, His Majesty asked the Government of Jordan to freeze the tax on kerosene throughout the winter in order to help the population weather the threats of crisis that arose from a global increase and wide…
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Jordan reveals date for Crown Prince's wedding

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31st December 2022
Jordan’s Royal Hashemite Court has revealed the date for Crown Prince Hussein’s wedding to Rajwa Khalid Alseif. The pair will wed in a Muslim ceremony on 1 June 2023. The location was not revealed. In the announcement, the Royal Hashemite Court said…
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Double royal wedding joy highlights Jordan's 2022

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30th December 2022
The Jordanian Royal Family had two things to celebrate this year with the announcement of the engagements of both Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Iman. Wedding announcements weren’t all that happened this year, so let’s take a look at Jordan’s 2022. The year began with Queen Rania making a visit to Al-Salt before King Abdullah celebrated his 60th birthday. Queen Rania…
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Queen Rania takes part in lighting of Christmas tree

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14th December 2022
Queen Rania of Jordan has taken part in a Christmas tree lighting in Fuheis, Jordan. The Queen joined residents of Fuheis for the lighting of the Christmas tree in the evening at Al Qanater Amphitheater. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Deputy Governor of Al Balqa Ali…
Saudi Arabia

US makes controversial decision on Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

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19th November 2022
The United States has made a controversial decision regarding Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. The U.S. has said the controversial heir to the Saudi throne and Prime Minister is immune in the case brought by slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée, Hatice Cengiz. President Joe Biden’s administration has determined that the Crown Prince should be immune in the…
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