King Abdullah & Queen Rania Current Events 24: June 9 - September 13, 2007

[Little_star]

I found this very interesting article about interior designers in the Middle East and how they are breaking through. One of the designers featured is Nada Debs, whose profile was boosted by Queen Rania:

"Her break came when Jordan's Queen Rania commissioned her to create the children's wings of the palaces in Amman. However, getting her furniture business off the ground in Lebanon proved tricky. Retailers told her that local consumers were not interested in local designers, so she was forced to open her own furniture showroom. 'Arab designers will have to make it outside the Arab world before they will be accepted here,' she says."
Conspicuous creatives

 

[Little_star]

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame ('1002,1003,1005,1004,1006,1484,1560', '0', 290, 0)Jordan's king told visiting Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday that an upcoming summit in Egypt must set the stage for renewed Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.
Abdullah: Summit must lead to talks | Jerusalem Post

 

[salma]

President of Bosnia and Herzegovina arrives in Amman</STRONG>

Amman, Jun. 24 (Petra) President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidium Nebojsa Radmanovic arrived in Amman on Sunday on a two-day visit to Jordan
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[Rossina]

Saudi king to visit Jordan Wednesday for talks on Mideast

Four-way Mideast summit set for Sharm el-Sheikh
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[asturiana]

Jordan's King Abdullah II and his wife, Queen Rania, meet Chairman of Bosnian Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic in Amman June 25, 2007 . REUTERS/Nader daoud/Pool (JORDAN): Picture from yahoo

 

[Little_star]

Amman, June 26 (Petra)—A number of Arab teachers arrived in Amman to take part the Arab Innovative Teachers Forum, which will be held under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah tomorrow.

The two-day forum, which will be held with the support of Microsoft Corp. and its partners which include the Queen Rania Award for Distinguished Teacher, the Ministry of Education and the Jordan Education Initiative, will be attended by 150 teachers from 11 Arab countries.
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Amman, Jun.24 (Petra) His Majesty King Abdullah II valued the achievements accomplished by "We are All Jordan Commission" committees describing the commission as an incubator for all ideas geared to draw up the needed visions and plans to encounter internal and external challenges.
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Amman, June 25 (Petra) – His Majesty King Abdullah II stressed today the importance to move forward in enhancing efforts to reach Iraqi national reconciliation and to include all Iraqi people.
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King Arrives in Sharm El Sheikh

Sharm El Sheikh, June 25 (Petra)-- His Majesty King Abdullah II on Monday arrived in Sharm Al Sheikh to take part in the quartet summit, which will be held later toda
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[WindsorIII]

I love to follow Rania's initiatives. She never stops working. I so admire her.

Queen Rania to launch Arab Innovative Teachers Forum

Amman, June 26 (Petra)—A number of Arab teachers arrived in Amman to take part the Arab Innovative Teachers Forum, which will be held under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah tomorrow.

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[salma]

27-06-2007 Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, along with three of her children, Princess Iman and Salma and Prince Hashem, joined members of the Young Presidents Organization and their families for a preview of an episode Ben and Izzy
PPE Agency

 

[Godiva]

27-06-2007 Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, along with three of her children, Princess Iman and Salma and Prince Hashem, joined members of the Young Presidents Organization and their families for a preview of an episode Ben and Izzy
PPE Agency

Thank you Salma for the pictures. Queen Rania is beautiful as always and what a beautiful blouse she wears!

 

[Humera]

June 27, 2007 - More of Queen Rania's activities today

Queen Rania launches Arab Innovative Teachers Forum

Amman, June 27 (Petra)-- In her continuous efforts to promote original opportunities for the Kingdom's teachers and access to innovation in all classrooms, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah launched the Arab Innovative Teachers Forum, today. Over 150 teachers from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Qatar, the UAE and Tunisia came together to exchange experiences and best practices to learn how to develop a lesson plan using multimedia.​

The forum, sponsored by Microsoft and its partners, including the Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Excellence in Education, the Ministry of Education and the Jordan Education Initiative, is part of a bigger Microsoft program called 'the Innovative Teachers Program' where teachers get the opportunity to undergo training by using technology in education. Petra Part 2 of above article​

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Colombia University offers 12 scholarships for intensive summer program for Jordanian teachers

Amman, June 27 (Petra)-- People never stop learning – and not even teachers are exempt from that maxim. Thanks to a series of meetings between Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, President Lee Bollinger of Columbia University, and President Susan Fuhrman of Columbia's Teachers College, as well as Her Majesty's visits to Columbia University, 12 Jordanian teachers will participate in a teachers' training program at Columbia University this summer where they will have the chance to learn some new techniques to bring back to their classrooms. Petra
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[asturiana]

27-06-2007 Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, along with three of her children, Princess Iman and Salma and Prince Hashem, joined members of the Young Presidents Organization and their families for a preview of an episode Ben and Izzy
PPE Agency

Thanks Salma.
I like to see Queen Rania with her children, she looks stunning and her blouse is beautiful. Prince Hashem is very cute .

 

[Godiva]

Queen Rania in Sweden

Queen Rania challenges Western perceptions of Islam, Arab women and regional conflicts

''Tallberg, Sweden, June 28 (Petra)-- Speaking at the Tallberg Forum in Sweden, Thursday, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah challenged the Western perceptions of Arab women, Islam and conflicts in the region, and warned "failure to appreciate the other side's point of view is a greater barrier to communication than speaking different languages"....''
''......Delivering the keynote address to an audience of over 1,000 attendees, including Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria; Princess Deema bint Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al Soud; Bo Ekman, Chairman of the Tallberg Foundation; and other high profile European personalities, Queen Rania warned, "the longer we wait to build genuine multicultural understanding, the more human nature will be degraded by ignorance, suspicion, and fear"....'' (Petra News Agency)

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[Godiva]

Queen Rania challenges Western perceptions of Islam, Arab women and regional conflicts

''Tallberg, Sweden, June 28 (Petra)-- Speaking at the Tallberg Forum in Sweden, Thursday, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah challenged the Western perceptions of Arab women, Islam and conflicts in the region, and warned "failure to appreciate the other side's point of view is a greater barrier to communication than speaking different languages"....''
''......Delivering the keynote address to an audience of over 1,000 attendees, including Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria; Princess Deema bint Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al Soud; Bo Ekman, Chairman of the Tallberg Foundation; and other high profile European personalities, Queen Rania warned, "the longer we wait to build genuine multicultural understanding, the more human nature will be degraded by ignorance, suspicion, and fear"....'' (Petra News Agency)

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[rchainho]

Rania will be in Lisbon to promote Petra as a 7th beauty of the world. Can be the show in TVI.

 

[micas]

Rania, came to my contry, wonderful, just wonderful!!!

 

[chelsea]

Has this been announced somewhere? When will she be there?

 

[rchainho]

in portuguese television TVI.

all 7 new beauties of the world won.

 

[chelsea]

Looks like Rania didn't attend the ceremony after all.

 

[Tami_T]

Looks like Rania didn't attend the ceremony after all.

She didn't attend because this vote doesn't have any official value,the 7wonders are knowen and didn't change,only ONUSCO can modify that,and this event came from a private initiative to promote soem sites....

 

[lil Monkey]

She did attend...who said she didn't?

 

[asturiana]

King to start working visit to Canada on Thursday

Amman, July 9 (Petra)-- His Majesty King Abdullah II starts a working visit to Canada on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Stephen Harper as well as other Canadian political and business leaders. (from Petra)

 

[asturiana]

She did attend...who said she didn't?

I have read that she did attend, but I didn't see pictures.
Are there pictures from the event?

 

[Humera]

I haven't come across any pictures. I read about the event in Jordan Times but it did not mention that Queen Rania was going to attend.

I only saw this in Petra:

Queen hails Jordanians' zeal to have Petra as one of world's New 7 Wonders

In a statement to Jordan television over the phone, Queen Rania said "His Majesty Abu Hussein (King Abdullah) and I were closely following up the national efforts and activities to promote our red rose city as a historical landmark, we are proud of. News

 

[Godiva]

8, July, Amman. Queen Rania attended a meeting where King called for developing of vocational training.

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''....Amman, July 9 (Petra)

In recognition of Her Majesty Queen Rania's efforts in family protection and in presence of Queen Rania herself, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday that it will accredit Jordan's National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA) as a center for cooperation, prevention and protection of family violence The center will be the first of its kind in the East Mediterranean region.
Following the announcement Queen Rania, who is chair of NCFA, unveiled the plaque that symbolizes partnership between WHO and the council and launched Jordan's report on health and violence. The report was prepared in response to WHO's call which has also issued the 2002 world report on health and violence to assess the problem of family violence at the local, regional and international levels.....'' (Petra News Agency).

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[asturiana]

I haven't come across any pictures. I read about the event in Jordan Times but it did not mention that Queen Rania was going to attend.

I read in the german and spanish news that she was guest of honour, but it's strange that there are no pictures .
Thanks Godiva for the pictures .

 

[bbb]

perhaps for security reasons they don't make alot of appearances public until after the event. it is strange didn't have photos and articles about such a good cause. i love QR she's one of the hardest working royals in so many important areas.

 

[Claudia Lisa Remy]

King to start working visit to Canada on Thursday

Amman, July 9 (Petra)-- His Majesty King Abdullah II starts a working visit to Canada on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Stephen Harper as well as other Canadian political and business leaders. (from Petra)

wheRE.... i AM GUESSING hE WILL BE GOING TO oTTAWA. Will he be going alone or will the queen attend too.... LOve to know more info....Thanks
Glad to know. Wonder if they would ever come to Canada...

 

[Humera]

July 11, 2007 - Queen Rania's engagements

Queen Rania stresses importance of increasing opportunities for women

AMMAN (Petra) — Her Majesty Queen Rania, honorary president of the Arab Women Labour Affairs Committee (AWLAC), underlined on Wednesday the need to increase job openings for women and raise their awareness about joining the labour market.
During a meeting with the AWLAC members, she stressed the importance of cooperation among Arab countries to expand women’s participation in the labour market.
The meeting, attended by Labour Minister Bassem Salem and Arab Labour Organisation Director General Ahmad Lukman, was within the AWLAC programme which began here on Tuesday. Jordan Times

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Queen inaugurates JRF’s 12th Annual Handicrafts Exhibition

AMMAN (JT) — Her Majesty Queen Rania on Wednesday opened the Jordan River Foundation’s (JRF) 12th Annual Handicrafts Exhibition.
The event, held every year, brings together women from the Al Karama, Bani Hamida and Wadi Al Ryan projects to exhibit their exquisite creations, which are made from the raw materials of their respective areas.
The aim of the exhibition is to support the project’s beneficiaries by showcasing their creative work.
The income-generating handicraft projects fall under the auspices of the Community Empowerment Programme (CEP), and form part of JRF’s commitment to sustainable human development through empowering communities, especially women.
Over 2,000 families have so far benefited from these projects. Jordan Times

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[Adamari]

wheRE.... i AM GUESSING hE WILL BE GOING TO oTTAWA. Will he be going alone or will the queen attend too.... LOve to know more info....Thanks
Glad to know. Wonder if they would ever come to Canada...

They actually made a state visit to Canada in May 1999, soon after ascending the throne. If you look on his website, King Abdullah II Official Website - King Of The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan, you will find copies of the speeches he made May 13-14. I also remember seeing a photo in the newspaper at the time of them riding in an open carriage with two Mounties sitting on an elevated bench behind them.

 

[Godiva]

July, 10.

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Asturiana, you are welcome!!