Queen Raina of Jordan

Rania Al-Yassin was born on august 31st,1970..she was born in Kuwait to Palestine parents from Tulkarm. She attended primary and secondary school at new English school in Kuwait,and also earned a business administration degree from American university in Cairo. she worked for citibank and apple computers after her graduation. She also earned a DEA degree in management from the HEC school of management in Paris..



Marriage : 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:



Prince Hussein (born June 28, 1994)

Princess Iman (born September 27, 1996)

Princess Salma (born September 26, 2000)

Prince Hashem (born January 30, 2005)



Queen of jordan : As a queen of jordan she has been a outspoken advocate of human rights. She was awarded the honorary rank of colonel in the Jordanian Armed Forces by her husband, King Abdullah, on June 9, 2004. Queen Rania is also among the 100 most powerful women of the world (Number 81 on Forbes 100 most powerful women of the world list). 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).



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