Jordan

Queen Rania awarded The Influential Personality of the Year Award

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11th December 2018
Queen Rania of Jordan has been presented with The Influential Personality of the Year Award by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and son of the Ruler of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The award ceremony took place yesterday at the third annual Arab Social Media Influencers Summit (ASMIS) in Dubai. The ASMIS is under the…
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Queen Rania of Jordan visits those helped by empowerment project

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19th October 2018
On Wednesday, Queen Rania of Jordan visited Al Hasa Young Women Centre in Tafileh where she met up with beneficiaries of a multitude of local improvement projects. Tafileh is a poverty-stricken governorate in the south of Jordan which has the highest unemployment rates in the country. In the past, the city has been flooded with foreign-funded projects which have sometimes fallen short in their…
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Queen Rania visits renovated King Abdullah II Orphanage

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13th September 2018
Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan visited the completed renovations at the King Abdullah II Orphanage in Al-Salt on Wednesday, 12 September. The Office of Her Majesty and Nashmi Center for Youth Empowerment collaborated together to assist in renovation to “transform the orphanage into a model site for orphan care,” according to Her Majesty’s Press Office. Copyright © 2018…
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Queen Rania visits Al Kifah Cooperative Society

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27th August 2018
Yesterday, Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan visited the Al Kifah Cooperative Society in Ajloun to see the projects they have been carrying out. While there, Her Majesty was able to meet and speak to the women who are beneficiaries of the projects in an effort to learn…
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Before they were royal: The life of Queen Rania of Jordan

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20th July 2018
Continuing our summer series on the lives of those who married into the royal families of the world and their lives pre-marriage, this edition takes a look back at the pre-royal life of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan or Rania Al-Yassin as she was known prior to her marriage to the now King Abdullah II of Jordan. Rania Al-Yassin was born on 31 August 1970 to Palestinian…
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