Princess Raiyah bint Hussein

Princess Raiyah bint Hussein (Arabic: راية بنت الحسين‎; born 9 February 1986[1]) is the youngest daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and Queen Noor. She has two brothers Hamzah and Hashem and an elder sister Princess Iman.[2] She is a half-sister to King Abdullah II of Jordan.[3]

Princess Raiyah bint Hussein
Born (1986-02-09) 9 February 1986
Amman, Jordan
Spouse
Faris Ned Donovan
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(m. 2020)​
HouseHashemite
FatherHussein of Jordan
MotherLisa Halaby
ReligionIslam
OccupationAcademic
Jordanian royal family
List
Extended royal family
Hamzah and others
Haya and others
Muna and others
Alia
Muhammad and others
Hassan and others
Basma
Nayef and others

Education

Princess Raiyah attended Atlantic College in Wales and received her undergraduate degree in Japanese at the University of Edinburgh.[4][5] She took a year abroad studying at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. She received a postgraduate degree in Japanese literature from Columbia University.

She later moved to Tokyo, where she spent three years working in the field of human development. [6]

Currently, Princess Raiyah is a graduate student studying a PhD in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA on "the reception of medieval warrior narratives in Japan and the Arab World and their impact upon the construction of national identities" at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[7]

Official Duties

Princess Raiyah took part in official visits to Japan in 2007 and 2008, and accompanied King Abdullah II to the country in April 2009. [8] In 2008, she formed part of a Jordanian delegation on an official visit with King Abdullah II to South Korea. [9]

Personal life

On 5 November 2019, the court announced Princess Raiyah's engagement to British-born journalist Ned Donovan,[10] son of the writer Tessa Dahl and Patrick Donovan, and a maternal grandson of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal, while his paternal grandparents are Francis Patrick Donovan and Maria Kozslik.[11]

The pair married on 7 July 2020 in the United Kingdom with the permission of King Abdullah II,[12] after their planned wedding in Jordan was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

Patronages
  • Patron of The Performing Arts Center of Jordan.

Honours

Ancestry

References
  1. George, Alan (2005). Jordan : living in the crossfire. New York: Zed Books. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-84277-471-7.
  2. Green, Joey (2003). How they met: fateful encounters of famous lovebirds, rivals, partners in crime, and other strange bedfellows. Black Dog Publishing. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-57912-327-7.
  3. "Immediate Family Tree". The Royal Hashemite Court. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. Pooran, Neil (10 May 2013). "Edinburgh University's ultra-rich graduates inherit their money from family fortunes". Deadline News. Edinburgh, Scotland. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  5. "Graduate Students". The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures is part of the Humanities Division within UCLA College. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  6. International Ucla
  7. "Graduate Students". The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures is part of the Humanities Division within UCLA College. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  8. "Japan-Jordan Relations (Basic Data)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  9. "King Abdullah Ii Of Jordan Visits South Korea Stock Pictures, Royalty-free Photos & Images - Getty Images". www.gettyimages.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. "Statement from the Royal Hashemite Court". Royal Hashemite Court.
  11. The Telegraph
  12. "Jordan News Agency (Petra)". petra.gov.jo. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  13. "https://twitter.com/raiyahhkj/status/1280475885028675586". Twitter. Retrieved 7 July 2020. External link in |title= (help)


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