Queen Alia Information and Pictures: Part 1

[maryshawn]

And, yes, I wonder at the timing of the renaming of the QA Fund for Social Development. Suffice to say, I don't think it would have happened on KH's watch. There just seems to be no good reason for it to happen.........Like she's being erased from the scene once and for all. As the UAE gives a lot of aid to Jordan, I wonder what Princess Haya thinks of all of this......Very unfortunate.

[maryshawn]

Queen Alia

[maryshawn]

More QA Photos

[maryshawn]

Early on, QN with two of QA's children and a newborn Hamzah.

[maryshawn]

QA and her mother at a function a year before QA's death.

[maryshawn]

A few more of Alia. Dancing with Gerald Ford, official engagements and informal portrait at a meeting.

[maryshawn]

I happen to love this photo:

[Reina]

In the Margaret Treadeau memoir does she talk about when QA died?

[maryshawn]

Yes, she says she was at a cocktail reception when someone came up and said "have you heard the news? Hussein's wife, Alia, has been killed in a helicopter crash." She said she went numb and later credited it partially with her decision to leave her marriage--saying "the death of Alia made a mockery of the relationship with my husband." She also was more than a bit angry that her husband had been briefed on the issue yet left a stranger to tell her at a public ceremony. Essentially, she felt a lot of dreams she had died with the loss of her close friend.

[suria]

Originally Posted by maryshawn

I happen to love this photo:

She is amazing , i loved this photo a lot thanks alot

[maryshawn]

Thank you; it's one of my personal favorites. She really is a striking woman; I liked Margaret Trudeau's description of her as having an "irresistable smile." I think she really does. She also never looks contrived or superficial. Despite her concerns and troubles, I get the sense she was very much comfortable in her own skin and had a genuinely good heart.:)

Originally Posted by suria

She is amazing , i loved this photo a lot thanks alot

[suria]

Originally Posted by maryshawn

Thank you; it's one of my personal favorites. She really is a striking woman; I liked Margaret Trudeau's description of her as having an "irresistable smile." I think she really does. She also never looks contrived or superficial. Despite her concerns and troubles, I get the sense she was very much comfortable in her own skin and had a genuinely good heart.:)

yes , irresistible smile , very nice description , what makes QA special is her inner , she had a good heart , and this is reflected on her face , with this smile who can not like her , even if i don't know her and looked to this photo i will believe that she was a great mother and a beautiful lady

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Originally Posted by tipper

Is it true that QN, in her bio- Leap of faith- writes that Q Alia was killed by some1 who was following Q Zein's orders? I have surely read the book, but can't recall Q Noor ever wrote it, it seems quite far fetched, and QN would have never writen something like that about her mother in law. I also read that Alia was killed as her roots were PAL, and ali was mistreated as he also had, through his late mum, PAL origins- ?????????? PS- in which way was Ali mistreated ? Never heard this be4e, does any1 know anything about these stories ?

Queen Noor never said that in her book,she only said there were rumors goin' in the country that QZ organized the whole accident to get rid of Alia,but they are JUST rumors.

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Originally Posted by shelley

Abir Muhseian's father was a Jordanian/Palestinian. He was a driver in the army, maybe even in the royal palaces, I am not sure. I believe an attempt was made for him to keep seeing Abir in the beginning but as she got older, the poor girl could not cope with the huge contrasts between her real and adopted family, and so the contact eventually ceased.

Al-muhaisen are Jordanians as far as I know.

[rubaa]

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Originally Posted by suria

yes , irresistible smile , very nice description , what makes QA special is her inner , she had a good heart , and this is reflected on her face , with this smile who can not like her , even if i don't know her and looked to this photo i will believe that she was a great mother and a beautiful lady

I agree with you ,she was loved a lot by her people and she was a great queen.I love her too.

[maryshawn]

I once happened across an article--and am so mad at myself for not saving it--where friends of QA spoke of her shortly after her death. I recall it was a very warm piece and it was obvious her friends were deeply moved by QA and loved her a lot. One said even though QA was a Queen "she still was the one you could count on if you were troubled" and "if she hadn't heard from me for awhile, inevitably the phone would ring just to find out how I was doing." I thought that was very nice. I remember another woman saying she was the type who won people over very easily and "practically bounded into a room exuding enthusiasm and friendliness." Others said she was a good "counselor and listener," "never put on airs," and "went out of her way to put people at ease." This all kind of fits with her brother's portrayal of her in KH's biography by Roland Dallas where he said pretty much the same things and added something about "dinners always being interesting at our home because Alia was forever bringing people with problems along with her." Anyway, the article with her friends just struck me as such an appropriate piece. It didn't try to portray her as a saint; just was a very real account of a very real, natural, kind person. QN was lauded by KH for always putting on a good face no matter how she was suffering inside. QA took that one step further as it seemed she was always capable of setting aside her problems and really focused on others. She's one of the few people I read about I wish I had actually known.

[emily62_1]

I found the photo of QA with her mum on the Net, the caption read that was taken only 2 days before QA's death, not a year before, so that was the last time Hanan saw her daughter.

[Reina]

Hanan is QA's mom? So sad.

[salma]

Originally Posted by Reina

Hanan is QA's mom? So sad.

Yes Hanan Toukan is the mother of Queen Alia.