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Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan (
Arabic: رانيا العبدالله) (born
Rania Al-Yassin on
August 31 1970), is the
queen consort of
King Abdullah II of
Jordan.
Early life
Rania Al-Yassin was born in
Kuwait to
Palestinian parents from
Tulkarm. She attended primary and secondary school at
New English School in Kuwait, then earned a degree in
Business Administration from the
American University in Cairo. After her graduation in 1991, Queen Rania worked at
Citibank and
Apple Computer. In 1995, She earned a
DEA's degree in
Management from the
HEC School of Management.
Marriage and children
She met Jordanian King
Abdullah bin Al-Hussein, then Prince, at a dinner party in January 1993. Two months later, they announced their engagement and on
June 10,
1993, they were married. They have four children:
Queen of Jordan
Queen Rania has been an outspoken advocate of
women's rights. She was awarded the honorary rank of
colonel in the
Jordanian Armed Forces by her husband,
King Abdullah, on
June 9,
2004.
She was named the third most beautiful woman in the world in the 2005 top 100 of
Harpers & Queen magazine. In addition, she was the youngest queen in the world at the time King Abdullah succeeded to the throne. She makes many public appearances, including a half-hour television interview on
The Oprah Winfrey Show on
May 17,
2006, where she spoke about misconceptions about Islam and women's role in Islam. In May of 2000, she was named an honorary member of
Deerfield Academy's class of 2000 (her husband's alma mater).
Rania is also among the 100 most powerful women of the world (Number 81 on
Forbes 100 most powerful women of the world list)
Philanthropy
Queen Rania is renowned for her philanthropic work. She has pushed for education reform, fighting for better school facilities and mandatory English language training. She is also an enthusiastic supporter of the micro-fund movement which provides financial assistance to would-be entrepreneurs. In 2003, she was elected to the Board of Directors of the
International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims.
She has travelled to a great number of countries in representation of Jordan and to contribute to worldwide causes. Some of these are the United States, India, Kuwait, France, South Africa, Greece, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Morocco, Italy, The Vatican.
Queen Rania is involved with organizations including:
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
Jordan River Foundation
Arab Women's Summit
Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences (AABFS) a pioneering institute in the ME region offering technical and academic training in banking and financial services
Jordan Cancer Society
National Team for Family Safety
National Team for Early Development
Dar Al Aman Child Safety Center (center for abused and neglected children, the first of its kind in the Middle East)
World Economic Forum (Foundation Board member) In 2004, Queen Rania chaired the nomination committee for the newly-founded Forum of Young Global Leaders, associated with the World Economic Forum.
United Nations Foundation
UN Children's Fund (particularly the Global Leadership Initiative)
The Vaccine Fund (board member since 2002)
International Youth Foundation
FINCA International (Foundation for International Community Assistance; board member since 2003)
International Osteoporosis Foundation
Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship
YouTube
On March 30, 2008, she posted a video on YouTube in which she asked people to send her their questions about Islam and the Arab world until August 12, 2008 (International Youth Day). She intends to respond to those questions and explain the truth about various stereotypes about Arabs and Muslims.
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