Princess Basmah Hamzah ( ar, بسمة حمزة, née Basmah Bani Ahmad Al-Outom ar, بسمة بني أحمد العتوم; born 1979) is the second wife of
Hamzah bin Hussein of
Jordan.
Family
Her father is Mahmoud Hassan Bani Ahmad Al-Outom, who was born and raised in the town of
Kufr Khall
Kufr Khall, (also written Kufur Khall, Kufr Khal) ( ar, كفر خل), is a town in the north of Jordan, in the Jerash Governorate.
The origin of its name, is from Syriac ''kafr'' meaning the village or the country and from Arabic ''khall'' that ...
north of
Jerash, and is a businessman in
Canada. Princess Basmah has three siblings: Bassam, Nader, and Yesmeen.
Education and career
Princess Basmah enrolled at
Stratford Central Secondary School
Stratford Central Secondary School was a public high school and middle school in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
In 2020, the school was renamed Stratford Intermediate School, and became a school for grades 7 and 8. Secondary students from the forme ...
. She attended Fanshawe College in London, Ontario before enrolling at the University of Western Ontario. She left her studies in Mathematics at the
University of Western Ontario to practise the art of aviation as a hobby in Canada, before moving to Jordan in 2005. In Jordan she trained with The Middle East Aviation Academy in
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...
to obtain a flight instructor license and after, in 2007, joined Ayla Aviation Academy in
Aqaba. She worked as a chief pilot at The Royal Aero Sports Club of Jordan in
Aqaba and
Wadi Rum, of which Prince Hamzah is president. She was Jordan's first female pilot to obtain a basic aerobatics certificate. She met Hamzah at the Dubai Air Show in November 2011.
Marriage and family
On 12 January 2012, the Royal Jordanian Court announced
Prince Hamzah
Hamzah bin Hussein, ( ar, حمزة بن الحسين; born 29 March 1980) is the fourth son of King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan overall and the first by his American-born fourth wife, Queen Noor. He was named Crown Prince of Jordan in 1999, a ...
's marriage to Basmah Bani Ahmad. The marriage ceremony was held at the Amman home of the Princess' grandfather.
The ceremony was attended by
King Abdullah II,
Queen Rania,
Queen Noor, a number of Royal family members, Basmah's father (Mahmoud Hassan Bani Ahmad), Basmah's mother (Halloul Muhammad Bani Ahmad), and other family members.
King Abdullah II held a lunch banquet at Basman Palace on the occasion of the wedding of Hamzah and Basma that was attended by a number of Royal family members, the prime minister, Senate president, Lower House speaker, president of the Judicial Council, Royal Court chief, other senior officials and Members of the Bani-Ahmad Family.
Hamzah bin Hussein and Basmah al-Hamzah have six children:
* Princess Zein bint Hamzah, born 3 November 2012
* Princess Noor bint Hamzah, born 5 July 2014
* Princess Badiya bint Hamzah, born 8 April 2016
* Princess Nafisa bint Hamzah, born 7 February 2018
* Prince Hussein bin Hamzah, born 8 November 2019
* Prince Muhammad bin Hamzah, born 8 February 2022
References
Petra.gov.jo
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1979 births
Living people
House of Hashim
Canadian emigrants to Jordan
Jordanian aviators
Jordanian princesses
People from Amman
Canadian people of Jordanian descent
Canadian aviators
People from Stratford, Ontario
Women aviators
Aerobatic pilots
Flight instructors
Glider pilots
Aviation pioneers
University of Western Ontario alumni
Princesses by marriage