HRW – Jordan: Stop withdrawing nationality from Palestinian-origin citizens
Jordan blasts ‘fallacies’ in Human Rights Watch report
(The king of Jordan’s wife, Queen Rania, was reportedly born in Kuwait to a family of Palestinian origin.)
The photo below shows Jordan’s King Abdullah and his wife, Queen Rania, in Amman, Jordan on June 9 attending official celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the king’s accession to the throne. Hello! reports that this is the same dress the queen wore at her husband’s coronation. (Photo: REUTERS/Majed Jaber)
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Visit the Royal News Blog for more photos of Queen Rania.
Queen Noor of Jordan was interviewed this week on the political comedy show “The Colbert Report.” (A big thank you to Kay for bringing this to my attention!)
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Feb 082009
This is a two-part interview with Queen Noor, the widow of King Hussein of Jordan. See below for part two.
Part Two:
Dec 142008
According to a poll of CNN website users, Queen Rania of Jordan is the most inspirational leader of 2008.
A CNN article about Queen Rania of Jordan: A beautiful paradox
Queen Rania has an official website and her own channel on YouTube.
More about Jordan’s royal family, past and present:
Royalty.nu – Royalty in Jordan
From Queen Rania of Jordan’s YouTube channel:
Nov 302007
An article about Jordan’s late King Hussein:
King of the shifting sands
Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace by Avi Shlaim is available from AbeBooks.
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