Princess Aisha bint Hussein
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| Born | 23 April 1968 Amman, Jordan | ||||
| Spouse | Zeid Sa'adedine Juma (m. 1990; div. ?) | ||||
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Antoinette Gardiner | |||||
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Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein
Education
Aisha was born in
Professional life
Hussein is a major general in the Jordanian military and became the first female in the Middle East to receive her parachutist wings after completing five military parachute jumps, according to her official biography.
She successfully completed her officers’ training course at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in the United Kingdom in April 1987, following her arrival as the first Middle East woman to attend the academy. After graduation from Sandhurst, the princess served in Jordan's special forces and completed several additional parachuting courses.
Since 1996, she has taken part in several conferences by the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women. She is a member of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue and serves as a Jordanian expert in the internationally staffed NATO Human Factors and Medicine Research Task Group 140, on psychological, organizational and cultural aspects of terrorism, in all matters military and civilian.
She successfully completed numerous military courses, including Security and Protection with the Jordanian Royal Guards, Senior International Defense Management from the
She is currently assigned as the defense attaché with the Jordanian embassy to the United States.[3]
Private life
In 1990, Aisha married Zeid Sa'adedine Juma in Amman. The couple later divorced. She resides in the United States of America and has a son, Aoun Juma, born on 27 May 1992 and a daughter, Muna Juma, born on 18 July 1996. Aoun Juma is expected to study at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst.[2]
On 27 January 2016, Princess Aisha married Ashraf Banayoti, previously called Edward Banayoti and before that called Ernest Anderson.[4] Edward Banayoti took the Muslim name Ashraf Banayoti when he converted to Islam.[5] Princess Aisha and Ashraf Banayoti divorced in Jordan in July 2016, according to the Royal Hashemite Court.[5]
Honours
National
Jordan
- Knight Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance, Special Class
- Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan
- Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence
- Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Military Merit
Foreign
Brunei: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit
Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
References
- ^ "Statement from the Royal Hashemite Court". The Royal Hashemite Court. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Aisha de Jordanie : A 47 ans, la princesse s'est remariée !".
- ^ a b Altman, Howard (25 February 2015). "Muslims must fight extremists' ideology, Jordanian princess says". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Princess Aisha marries Ashraf Banayotti". Jordan Times.
- ^ a b "Princess Aisha, Edward Banayoti divorced". Jordan Times. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
External links
- "Her Royal Highness Princess Aisha Bint Al Hussein"[permanent dead link], Embassy and Consulate of Jordan: Australia and New Zealand; URL last accessed 2 March 2006.
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1 Princess of Jordan by marriage 2 Former queen consort given the title of princess upon divorce 3 Princess of Jordan by birth and marriage | ||