Dina bint Abdul-Hamid
Dina bint Abdul-Hamid | |
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Died | 21 August 2019 Amman, Jordan | (aged 89)
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Father | Sharif Abdul-Hamid bin Muhammad Abdul-Aziz Al-Aun |
Mother | Fahria Brav |
Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (
Early life and education
Dina was born on 15 December 1929 in
Like many children of the landed Arab aristocracy, Dina was sent to a boarding school in
After her return home, she began to teach English literature and philosophy at the
Queen of Jordan
Dina first met her distant cousin Hussein in 1952 in London at the home of a relative from Iraq. The King was then studying at the Harrow School while she was studying at Girton College, Cambridge and was pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree and obtained it with honours.[2][6] After her graduation, she returned to Egypt, where Hussein visited her in Maadi thereafter.
In 1954, two years after her son's accession to the throne, Hussein's mother, the Dowager Queen
Upon her marriage, Dina became
It soon became apparent that the king and queen had little in common. On 13 February 1956, she gave birth to the king's first child, Princess Alia, but the arrival of a child did not help the royal marriage.[2]
Princess of Jordan
In 1956, while the queen was on a holiday in Egypt, the king informed her about his intention to separate from her. Hussein likely did so at the prompting of his mother, Queen Zein, with whom Dina was on bad terms.[7] The couple divorced on 24 June 1957, during a period of strain between Jordan and Egypt,[8] at which time she became known as HRH Princess Dina Abdul-Hamid of Jordan. The ex-queen was not allowed to see her daughter for some time after the divorce.[2]
On 7 October 1970, Dina married Lieut-Colonel Asad Sulayman Abd al-Qadir (born 27 October 1942 in Bethlehem), alias Salah Ta'amari, a Palestinian guerrilla commando who became a high-ranking official in the Palestine Liberation Organization. He was imprisoned by the Israelis in 1982.[11] A year later, Dina negotiated one of the largest prisoner exchanges in history—freeing her husband and 8,000 other prisoners.[12]
Death and funeral
Princess Dina died in Amman on 21 August 2019, aged 89.[13] On the same day, King Abdullah II, Crown Prince Hussein, Prince Hassan, and other members of the royal family attended her funeral at the Royal Cemetery.[14] Senior officials and officers also offered their condolences to the King and members of the royal family. The King then took part in the noon prayer and the funeral prayer at the Royal Guards Mosque.[15]
International roles and positions
- Honorary president of the Muslim Women's Association of the United Kingdom
Notable published works
- Duet for Freedom, Quartet Books Ltd, 268 pages, (29 January 1988). ISBN 0704326779[16]
Honours
- National
- Dame Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance, special class (19 April 1955).
- Foreign
- Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (3 June 1955).[17][18]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ "Family tree on website of King Hussein of Jordan". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Queen Dina". Cairo Times. 1999. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ a b Shlaim, p. 179-83
- ISBN 9781901092493.
- ^ King Hussein, Princess Dina and Princess Alia
- ^ Great Britain and the East, Volume 71. 1955.
- ^ ISBN 0195361210.
- ^ ISBN 0-917158-01-6.
- ISBN 9780230271111.
- ISBN 1-901092-49-6.
- ^ Greenberg, Joel (1996). "A Victory That Nips at Arafat's Heels". Cairo Times. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-7432-9183-5.
- ^ Royal News
- ^ "King participates in Princess Dina Abdul Hamid's funeral". The Jordan Times. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "King participates in Princess Dina Abdul Hamid's funeral". Jordan News Agency. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Amazon
- ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
- ^ EFE
Bibliography
- Avi Shlaim (2008). Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace. Penguin UK . ISBN 9780141903644.