Princess Rahma bint El Hassan was born on August 13, 1969 in Amman

Amman

Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...

, Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

. Her father is Prince Hassan bin Talal and her mother is Princess Sarvath El Hassan.

Education

• International Community School
  International Community School
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• Sherborne School for Girls
  Sherborne School For Girls
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• University of Cambridge
  University of Cambridge
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   - B.A.
  Bachelor of Arts
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   Hons in Oriental Studies
  Orientalism
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• University of Cambridge
  University of Cambridge
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   - M.Phil.
  Master of Philosophy
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   in International Relations
  International relations
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Marriage and children

In July 1997 she married Alaa Batayneh, the son of Arif El Batayneh, one of Jordan's Senators. Her husband is the country's current Minister of Transport

Transportation ministry

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. They have two children together:

• Aysha El Batayneh (born 2002)
• Arif El Batayneh (born 2006)

Awards

• The Order
  Order (decoration)
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   of Independence of Jordan (2006)
• The Order of Orange-Nassau
  Order of Orange-Nassau
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   of the Netherlands
  Netherlands
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  (2006)