Princess Rahma bint Hassan (born 13 August 1969) is a

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

ian princess. Her father is

Prince Hassan bin Talal Prince Hassan bin Talal ( ar, الحسن بن طلال, born 20 March 1947) is a member of the Jordanian royal family who was previously Crown Prince from 1965 to 1999, being removed just three weeks before King Hussein's death. Family Prince Ha ...

. Her mother,

Princess Sarvath El Hassan Princess Sarvath al-Hassan (born Sarvath Ikramullah on 24 July 1947) is a Jordanian royal and the wife of Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. She was born in Calcutta on 24 July 1947, to a prominent Muslim family of the Indian subcontinent. ...

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King Abdullah II Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein ( ar, عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين , translit=ʿAbd Allāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn al-Ḥusayn; born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of t ...

Education

* Primary school 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 ...

. *

Sherborne School for Girls Sherborne Girls, formally known as Sherborne School for Girls, is an independent day and boarding school for girls, located in Sherborne, North Dorset, England. There were 485 pupils attending in 2019–2020, with over 90 per cent of them livin ...

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, England -

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in Arts with

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in the Department of

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(1991) *

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, England -

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(1992)

Marriage and children

In July 1997, she married

Alaa Batayneh Alaa Arif Batayneh ( ar, علاء عارف البطاينة; born 1969) is a Jordanian businessman and politician. He is also the son-in-law of Prince Hassan bin Talal. Early life and education Alaa Batayneh was born in Amman in 1969. His famil ...

(he was Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources from October 11, 2012 till March 30, 2013.), the son of Arif Al Batayneh (a former member of the House of Representatives, a member of the Senate, Minister of Health and General Director of the Royal Medical Services). They have two children: * Aisha (born 2 January 2002). * Aref (born 15 February 2006).

Career

She is currently working in the field of education and sports. As of 2019, she is the President of the Jordan Gymnastics Federation, as well as the president of th
Young Muslim Women Association
where she assumed this role, succeeding her mother in 2007.

Awards

National honours

* : Grand Cordon of the

Order of the Independence Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

(2006)

Foreign honours

* : Knight Grand Cross of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

(2006)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahma bint El Hassan 1969 births Living people People educated at Sherborne Girls Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge House of Hashim Jordanian princesses Jordanian Muslims People from Amman Grand Cordons of the Order of Independence (Jordan) Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau Jordanian people of Pakistani descent Jordanian people of Bengali descent Suhrawardy family