Arab Women by Nationality - Jordanian

 

Haya bint al Hussein (Princess)

Jordanian

b. 1974

Athlete

  • daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and Queen Alia
  • educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford University,Honors degree MA. B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
  • President of the Queen Alia Foundation dealing with speech and hearing impaired individuals
  • President and Founder of the Jordanian International Athletes Cultural Association which promotes and supports Jordanian athletes to the international level
  • She is the Honorary President of the Land Transport and Mechanical Union. Also the first and only woman to date with a licence to drive heavy vehicles and articulated trucks
  • honorary president of the Children’s Dental Health Care Society. (SMILE) which provides dental care to under privileged children
  • President of The Haya Arts and Cultural Centre for Child Development,
  • She is carrying out Research by Royal Decree of HM King Abdullah II to expand physical education programmes at elementary school level throughout the Jordanian Kingdom in conjunction with the Ministry of Education.
  • Since the age of thirteen (1986) Princess Haya has represented her country as an international athlete. In 1993 she was voted “Athlete of the Year” by the Jordanian public, in her chosen sport of Equestrian Games.
  • In 1994 she was voted “Athlete of the Year” by the Arab BBC Radio.
  • In 1992 she was individual bronze medallist in the Pan Arab Games held in Damascus, Syria, and remains the only woman, in any discipline, to ever win a Pan Arab Medal in Equestrian Games.
  • 1994-1996 created an International Competing Team, called “Team Harmony”, which consisted of two riders (Princess Haya and Paul Darragh.), twelve international horses and three members of staff. In 1996 Team Harmony registered the highest number of international wins of any Irish based team, 33 international classes and 6 international Grand Prix and one world cup qualifier.
  • 1996 Team Harmony received the award from the Spanish Federation Oscar Awards, for the team that excelled in highlighting the profile of the show jumping sport.

  • In September 2000 Princess Haya competed in the Sydney Olympic Games riding her horse “Lucilla II”. In entering this event, Princess Haya was the youngest Arab athlete ever to compete in an Equestrian discipline; the first Arab woman to compete in Olympic Equestrian Games and the first member of an Arab Royal family to compete in any Olympic Games.

    In August 2001 Princess Haya qualified for the World Championships (WEG) due to take place in 2002 in Jerez in Spain.

  • represented Jordan, on an administrative level, on the International Equestrian Federation, (FEI) from 1992 to 1996 when she was Chairperson of the Middle East and Western Asian Sub Group of this Federation. During this time she established and created the foundation for the eradication of “piroplasmosis” which effects the horse population in various Arab countries and has prevented over the years an effective International Circuit for Arab Riders. As a result nearly all countries in her subgroup now have disease free status.

  • awaiting the publication of her first book due to be released in 2002 concerning horse sports and written in the Arabic language. She is already working on her second book, a biography of her father the late King Hussein.

http://www.teamharmony.net/faces/index.php?face_id=1

Princess Haya bint al Hussein. (n.d.) Wikipedia. Retrieved September 8, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Haya_Bint_Al_Hussein

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.400. (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2008)

Mai Masri

Jordan

b. 1959

Film maker

  • studied at the Cinema Department of San Francisco University
  • co-directed and produced 5 documentaries with her husband, Jean Chamoun, which dealt with the situation in Lebanon during and after the Civil War
  • directed several documentaries about Palestine including Atfal al Nar/Children of fire (1990), Hanan 'Ashrawi:Imra'a fi Zaman al Tahaddi/Hanan Ashrawi: a Woman in the time of confrontation (1995), Atfal Shatila/Children of Shatila (1999), Ahlam al-Manfa/Frontiers of dreams and fears (2001)

Leaman, Oliver, ed. Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. London: Routledge, 2001. Print. p.530. (DWC collection PN1993.5.A65 C66 2001)
Nawal Barakat Abu Rmeilieh

Jordanian

b.1937

Humanitarian

  • Voluntary work including establishment of schools, playgrounds, road maintenance, and developing jobs for young people.

Source: The International who's who of women 2002 London: Europa Publications, 2002

Randa Habib

Jordanian/French

1952-

Journalist

  • educated French Lycee, Rio de Janerio and University of Beruit
  • Correspondent of Agence France Press
  • Director and Head AFP Office, Amman 1987-
  • Correspondent Radio Monte Carlo 1988-

The International Who's Who of Women 3rd ed. Europa Publications: London, 2002 p.226

Rania al Abdullah

Palestinian / Jordanian

b. 1970

Queen of Jordan

  • Born in Kuwait
  • Graduates with Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from American University in Cairo in 1991
  • worked in banking and information technology
  • Married King Abdullah of Jordan on June 10 1993
  • 4 children Hussein, Iman, Salma, Hashem
  • involved in charity work, especially the Jordan River Children's Project established in 1995
  • first arab woman to launch a Child Abuse Prevention Project
  • President of the Jordan Society for Organ Donation
  • Head of Jordan Blood Disease Society and International Patron of the Osteoporosis Foundation
  • Honorary Doctorate from University of Exeter 2001

The International Who's Who of Women 3rd ed. Europa Publications: London, 2002 p.466

http://www.queenrania.jo

Rima Khalaf Hunaidi

 

 Jordanian

Politician

  • educated at American University of Beruit and Portland State University (Ohio) Ph.D
  • Minister of Industry and Trade 19?
  • Deputy Prime Minister 19?
  • Senator of Jordanian Upper House
  • Member of Jordanian Economic Consultative Council
  • Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States 2000 -

http://www.undp.org.ye/rima.htm

The International Who's Who of Women 3rd ed. Europa Publications: London, 2002 p.260
Rima Farah

Jordanian

b. 1955

Artist

  • educated at Cambridge School of Art, U.K.
  • exhibited in solo and group exhibitions since 1984 in London, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Japan, USA, Turkey, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon
  • works in etching and monprint

http://wwol.inre.asu.edu/farah.html

Lloyd, Fran and Keelan, Siumee H. Contemporary Arab women's art : dialogues of the present London : WAL, c1999.