Prince Hashim Celebrates His 27th Birthday

Prince Hashim bin Al-Hussein, son of Queen Noor and the late King Hussein, turned twenty-seven today. He is a 2000 graduate of Sandhurst Military Academy. For his high academic marks at Sandhurst, he was awarded the Prince Saud Bin Abdullah Prize. In 2005, the prince earned his undergraduate degree in Comparative Studies from Georgetown University. He married Fahdah, daughter of Sheikh Mohammad Ben Ibrahim Ben Suleiman Abu Niyyan. The couple was blessed with one daughter named Haalah who was born on April 6th, 2007.

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Grandchildren for Queen Noor of Jordan

Queen Noor of Jordan, wife of the late King Hussein, has much to celebrate this month. On April 6th, her second son, Prince Hashim announced that his wife Princess Fahdah had given birth to a girl. The couple named her Haalah. The next blessing arrived on April 18th. The queen's eldest Prince Hamzah and his wife Princess Noor had a girl, too. The princess was named Haya.