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a Hala bint Duaij Al Khalifa (

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: هالة بنت دعيج آل خليفة, died 10 June 2018) was the former wife of Prince

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, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, until 2005. Hala was the youngest daughter of Sheikh Duaij bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the Assistant Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & National Economy. She was the Honorary President of the Information Centre for Women & Children, and Chair of the Bahrain Society for Mental Retardation. Hala and Salman had two sons and two daughters: *Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, currently attending

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in Washington DC. *Mohammed bin Salman Al Khalifa (born 1993), educated at the

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in Bahrain. Graduated from the

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in 2011. *Fatima Al Dana bint Salman Al Khalifa *Joud bint Salman Al Khalifa Her eldest son, Isa is second in line to the throne after his father. She died on 10 June 2018.

"Be Free"

As a campaigner for human rights, Hala launched the "Be Free" campaign on the 19 March 2002 to protect children from abuse.Who are we
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