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Over five months she posted videos on subjects that included honour killings, terrorism and the rights of Arab women. [59] International personalities such as Dean Obeidallah, [60] Maz Jobrani, [61] and YouTube star Mia Rose [62] also contributed videos to the campaign. In 2008, Queen Rania participated in YouTube's In My Name [63] campaign.
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein [a] (born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemites , who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad .
Muna Al Hussein was born in Chelmondiston, Suffolk, England, the daughter of Doris Elizabeth (née Sutton) and Lieutenant Colonel Walter Percy "Tony" Gardiner. She attended Bourne School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, which was administered by the British Families Education Service for the children of British service personnel stationed overseas, where she was an A-grade field hockey player.
Meanwhile, Crown Prince Hussein is the eldest son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania. He was formally named heir to the throne at 15 years old, and is named after his grandfather, King Hussein ...
After his death, his first-born son, Abdullah II, became king and Hamzah became crown prince. In 2004, Prince Hamzah was unexpectedly stripped of his status as heir designate. [22] [23] [24] On July 2, 2009, Abdullah named his eldest son as heir-apparent to the throne, thereby ending the previous five years' speculation over his successor. [23]
Alia Bahauddin Toukan (Arabic: علياء بهاء الدين طوقان, romanized: 'Āliyā' Bahāʾ ud-Dīn Ṭūqān; 25 December 1948 – 9 February 1977), also known as Alia Al Hussein (Arabic: علياء الحسين), [1] was Queen of Jordan as the third wife of King Hussein from their marriage on 24 December 1972 until her death in a helicopter crash in 1977.
Zein married her first cousin Prince Talal bin Abdullah of Jordan on 27 November 1934, with whom she had three sons and one daughters: [3] King Hussein (14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) Prince Muhammad (2 October 1940 – 29 April 2021) Prince Hassan (born 20 March 1947) Princess Basma (born 11 May 1951)
Princess Haya bint Al Hussein (Arabic: الأميرة هيا بنت الحسين; born 3 May 1974) is the daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife, Queen Alia. She is the half-sister of King Abdullah II. Haya is a graduate of the University of Oxford in England and an accomplished equestrian.