Rania al-Abdullah, in full Rāniyā al-ʿAbd Allāh, original name Rāniyā al-Yāsīn, (born August 31, 1970, Kuwait), queen of Jordan from 1999. As the wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan, Rania drew on her position as queen to advocate on behalf of numerous causes, including the rights of women and children.
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As queen of Jordan, Rania championed an array of causes, including the rights of women and children, access to education, environmental concerns, and the development of strong Jordanian communities.
Rania, whose family was of Palestinian descent (her father was from Ṭūlkarm, her mother from Nāblus), was born and raised in Kuwait. After completing her primary and secondary education there, she earned a degree in business administration from the American University in Cairo (1991). In her early professional career, Rania worked in the fields of banking and information technology.
She founded a variety of charities and made frequent appearances both at local events she was known to visit some of the kingdom’s remote villages unannounced and at international functions. Rania also embraced new forms of communication: in March 2008 she launched a video blog as part of her efforts to deconstruct stereotypes about Arabs and promote dialogue with the West