Princess Fakhrelnissa bint Ra'ad ( ar, فخر النساء بنت رعد; born January 11, 1981), better known as Princess Nissa, is a member of the
Jordanian royal family
The Hashemites ( ar, الهاشميون, al-Hāshimīyūn), also House of Hashim, are the royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925), Syria (1920), and Iraq (1921 ...
.
Family
Princess Nissa is a great-granddaughter of
Sharif Hussein bin Ali
Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi ( ar, الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, al-Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 1 May 18544 June 1931) was an Arab leader from the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after procla ...
. Her father is
Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid
Ra'ad bin Zeid ( ar, رعد بن زيد; born 18 February 1936) is the son of Prince Zeid of the Hashemite House and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (''Fakhr un-nisa'' or ''Fahr-El-Nissa''), a Turkish noblewoman. Upon the death of his father on 18 Oc ...
,
who is the son of
Prince Zeid of the
Hashemite House and
Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid
Fahrelnissa Zeid (, ''Fakhr un-nisa'' or ''Fahr-El-Nissa''; 7 January 1901 – 5 September 1991) was a Turkish artist best known for her large-scale abstract paintings with kaleidoscopic patterns as well as her drawings, lithographs, and sculpt ...
, a Turkish noblewoman and a well known artist. Her mother is
Princess Majda Ra'ad
Majda Ra'ad (born Margaretha Inga Elisabeth Lind on 5 September 1942) is a Swedish-born Jordanian member of the Hashemite House who is the wife of Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid, the current pretender to the defunct Kingdom of Iraq and Syria and the Lor ...
, who is of Swedish origin.
She has four elder brothers;
Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad,
Prince Mired bin Ra'ad, Prince Firas bin Ra'ad and Prince Faisal bin Ra'ad.
Princess Nissa married in 2005 (divorced in 2017) and has three children;
two sons and one daughter: Radwan Hajjar (born August 8, 2006), Faisal Hajjar (born December 14, 2007), Lana Hajjar (born April 30, 2012).
Education
Princess Nissa graduated from
Brown University, Rhode Island
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Provid ...
, in 2002 with a
BA in history, before receiving an
MSc
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Computers
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* Microelectronics Support Centre of UK Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
* MIDI Show Control
* MSC Malaysia (formerly known as Multimedia Super Corridor)
* USB mass storage device class (USB MSC ...
in urban design and development from
University College London in 2004.
Career
Princess Nissa is a professional artist who has had several sold-out solo exhibitions 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 ...
as well as in
Istanbul. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions and art fairs both locally and internationally including
Bahrain,
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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,
Madrid and
Beirut. Rich textures, vibrant colors and bold lines are ubiquitous in her whimsical work which is inspired by both urban and natural environments.
Princess Nissa has worked on various charitable collaborations and educational events involving the arts and contributed to many art charity auctions. She has patronized numerous art exhibitions, such as "A Sense of Palace", which took place in 2019 and showcased contemporary indigenous Australian artwork and was held at the
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, in collaboration with the Australian embassy in Amman.
References
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External links
Official website
Living people
1981 births
House of Hashim
Jordanian people of Swedish descent
Jordanian princesses
Brown University alumni
Alumni of University College London