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Rania of Jordan

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah (born Rania Al-Yasin on August 31 1970), is the Queen of Jordan and wife of King Abdullah II. She is known for her business savvy, elegance and outspokenness.

Queen Rania was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. She was the daughter of a medical doctor, and thus grew up in a comfortable home on the West Bank with her two siblings. She received a thoroughly Western education, first at the New English School in Kuwait City and then at the American University in Cairo, where she graduated with a business degree.

She married Abdullah on June 10, 1993. they have three children:

• HRH Prince Hussein
• HRH Princess Iman
• HRH Princess Salma

She has been an outspoken advocate of women's rights. As another mark of breaking traditional female roles in the Middle East, she was awarded the honorary rank of colonel in the Jordanian Armed Forces on June 9, 2004.

External link

• Official site

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