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Prince Ali of Jordan
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan was born on December 23, 1975. He is the son of King Hussein I of Jordan and his third wife, Queen Alia (the former Alia Baha Ad-Din Touqan).
Prince Ali has an older sister and an older adopted sister:
- Princess Haya (born 1974), married Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, had one son and one daughter, divorced
- Abir Muhaisen (born 1972, adopted in 1976), Abir had been orphaned when her mother was killed in a plane crash at a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan
Ali has a number of half-siblings from her father’s other three marriages.
From his father’s first marriage to Sharifa Dina bint ‘Abdu’l-Hamid (Queen Dina):
- Princess Alia (born 1956), married (1) Lieutenant-Colonel Nasser Wasfi Mirza, had one child, divorced (2) Sayyid Mohammed Al-Saleh, had two children
From his father’s second marriage to Antoinette Avril Gardiner (Princess Muna):
- King Abdullah II (born 1962), married Rania al Yassin, had four children
- Prince Feisal (born 1963), married (1) Alia Tabbaa, had four children, divorced (2) Sara Bassam Qabbani, no children, divorced (3) Zeina Lubbadeh, had two children
- Princess Aisha (born 1968), married (1) Zeid Saadedine Juma, had two children, divorced (2) Ashraf Banayoti, divorced
- Princess Zein (born 1968), married Majdi Farid Al-Saleh, had three children
From his father’s fourth marriage to Lisa Najeeb Halaby (Queen Noor):
- Hamzah bin Al Hussein, formerly Prince Hamzah of Jordan (born 1980), married (1) Princess Noor bint Asem bin Nayef, had one daughter, divorced (2) Basmah Bani Ahmad, had six children
- Prince Hashim (born 1981), married Fahdah Mohammed Abunayyan, had five children
- Princess Iman (born 1983), married Zaid Azmi Mirza, had one son, divorced
- Princess Raiyah (born 1986), married Ned Donovan
Prince Ali began his education at the American Community School in Amman, Jordan, before attending the Salisbury School in Connecticut, graduating in 1993. He then enrolled in the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, earning his commission in December 1994. He served in the Jordanian Special Forces and later attended Princeton University in New Jersey, graduating in 1999.
From 1999 until 2008, Prince Ali served as Commander of King Abdullah’s Special Security in The Royal Guards. In 2008, he established the National Centre for Security and Crisis Management and serves as director of the organization.
In addition, he serves as Chairman of the Royal Film Commission, President of the Jordan Football Association, and is Founder and President of the West Asian Football Federation. Since 2011, Prince Ali has also served as Vice President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
Prince Ali was married on April 23, 2004, to Rym Brahimi, a former CNN journalist. The wedding was publicly celebrated on September 7, 2004. The couple has two children:
- Princess Jalila bint Ali (born 2005)
- Prince Abdullah bin Ali (born 2007)
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