Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein

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Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein
Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein head.jpg
Spouse Zeid Saadedine Juma - former
Issue
Aoun Juma
Muna Juma
Father Hussein
Mother Princess Muna
Born (1968-04-23) 23 April 1968 (age 45)
Amman, Jordan
Jordanian Royal Family
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HM The King
HM The Queen


HM Queen Noor

Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein (born 23 April 1968, in Amman, Jordan) is the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan and is the twin sister of Princess Zein. Her parents are Princess Muna al-Hussein and King Hussein.

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Education [edit]

Aisha was educated up to age eight in Jordan, at the American community school (In the same class as her sister Zein, for all or almost all of the time). She moved to the U.S. to pursue her education for ten years. She graduated from Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1986. She then attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom, completing the officer’s training course in April 1987. She then completed an undergraduate degree in Modern Middle East History and Politics from Pembroke College, Oxford. Princess Aisha just recently completed her Masters of Arts degree in Strategic Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs (CISA), at the National Defense University, Washington D.C. in early June 2010.

Private life [edit]

In 1990, Aisha married Zeid Saadedine Juma in Amman. They have two children:

  • Aoun Juma (born 27 May 1992)
  • Muna Juma (born 18 July 1996)

She and her husband divorced.

Honours [edit]

National Honours [edit]

Medals [edit]

  • King Hussein Medal of Excellence [1]
  • Medals for Administrative & Leadership Competence and Administrative & Technical Competence [1]

Foreign Honours [edit]

Ancestry [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Royal Ark, Jordanian genealogy details