Princess Basma bint Talal
| Princess Basma bint Talal | |||||
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| Born | 11 May 1951 Amman, Jordan | ||||
| Spouse | Timoor Daghistani (m. 1970; div. 197?) Walid al-Kurdi
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| House | Hashemite | ||||
| Father | Talal of Jordan | ||||
| Mother | Zein al-Sharaf | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Princess Basma bint Talal (born 11 May 1951) is the only surviving daughter of King Talal and Queen Zein al-Sharaf of Jordan, sister of Hussein of Jordan and paternal aunt to the current king, King Abdullah II.
Background
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Basma's father became King of Jordan two months after she was born as a result of the assassination of her grandfather King Abdullah I in Jerusalem. King Talal was forced to abdicate as King for health reasons in 1952, when Basma was one year old. He lived on until 1972. Her mother was Queen Zein al-Sharaf (1916–1994). After her father's abdication, her older brother Hussein (1935–1999) ascended the throne, and her mother was queen regent until Hussein came of age in 1953.
Education
[edit | edit source]| Jordanian royal family |
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Basma was educated at Ahliyyah School for Girls in Amman, then in England at Benenden School (where she was a friend of Princess Anne) and University of Oxford, where she read Modern Languages.
In 2001, she was awarded a DPhil degree by Oxford University for a thesis entitled Contextualising development in Jordan: the arena of donors, state and NGOs.
Marriage and career
[edit | edit source]Basma first married Colonel Timoor Daghistani in Amman on 2 April 1970. They had two children: Farah Daghistani and Ghazi Daghistani. In the late 1970s they were divorced. Basma went on to marry Walid al-Kurdi in Amman on 14 April 1980, and they also had two children: Saad al-Kurdi and Zein Al-Sharaf al-Kurdi.
Since the late 1970s, Basma has worked to promote human development, gender equity and children's charities. Through forums that include the United Nations she contributes to the global debates on health, education, population and the environment.
Appointments
[edit | edit source]- Founder of the Queen Alia Jordan Social Welfare Fund (QAF)
- President of the Arab Association for Women and Development (AWAD)
- President of the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW)
- President of the Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
- President of Mabarrat Um al Hussein
- President of Goodwill Campaign
- Chairperson of the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development
- President of Save The Children-Jordan (SCJ)
- President of the Jordanian National Forum for Women (JNFW)
- Honorary President of the General Federation of Jordanian Women (GFJW)
- President of the National Committee for Women's Affairs[1]
- Member of Board of Trustees for the Higher Population Council
- Member of the World Health Organization's Adolescent Health Programme Scientific and Technical Advisory Group, 1991–1993
- Honorary Human Development Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme since 1993
- Member of the World Health Organization Global Commission on Women's Health, 1994
- Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Fund for Women since 1995
- Member of the United Nations High-Level Advisory Board on Sustainable Development to the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1995–1998
- Member of the Earth Council since 1996
- Member of UNESCO Culture and Development Steering Committee, 1996–1997
- Member of UNESCO International Panel on Democracy and Development, 1998
- Member of UNESCO Scientific Committee for the World Culture Report, 1998–2000
- Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) since 2001[2]
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Council on Social Welfare since 2001
- Member of the Earth Charter International Commission.
Title, styles and honours
[edit | edit source]Title
[edit | edit source]- 11 May 1952 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan
Honours
[edit | edit source]National honours
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Jordan: Knight Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance, Special Class[3]
Foreign honours
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Austria: Grand Cross of the Order for Services to the Republic of Austria[3]- File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Most Esteemed Family Order of Brunei, Special Class[3]
- Iran Iranian Imperial Family: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 2,500-year Celebration of the Persian Empire[4]
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan: Paulownia Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown[3]
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic[3][5]
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star[3]
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Awards
[edit | edit source]National award
[edit | edit source]- Jordan: Honorary Person for the International Year of Volunteers plus 10 - 2001[3]
Foreign awards
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia: Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws of the As-Syafiiyah Islamic University[3][6]
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan: Dr. Jushichiro Naito International Childcare Award[3]
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
- File:Flag of England.svg England
- Berkshire Reading: Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws of the University of Reading[3][7][8]
- Oxfordshire Oxford: Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College[3][9]
- File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
- File:Flag of Edinburgh.svg Edinburgh: Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh[3]
- File:Flag of England.svg England
- File:Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations: Woman of the Year 1995 of the Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Fourth World Conference on Women[3]
- File:Flag of UNESCO.svg UNESCO: Recipient of the UNESCO Golden Anniversary Commemorative Medal[3]
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- Northampton: Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws of the Smith College[3][10][11][12]
- File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts: World Citizenship Award[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Jordan Embassy
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External links
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- House of Hashim
- Jordanian princesses
- Princesses Royal
- People educated at Benenden School
- Fellows of Pembroke College, Oxford
- Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Recipients of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Recipients of the Grand Decoration with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Order of the Precious Crown members
- Grand Cordons of the Order of the Precious Crown
- Recipients of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
- Recipients of Supreme Order of the Renaissance (Jordan)
- People from Amman
- Daughters of kings