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Alia Toukan

Queen of Jordan from 1972 to 1977

Alia Bahauddin Toukan (Arabic: علياء بهاء الدين طوقان, romanized: 'Āliyā' Bahāʾ ud-Dīn Ṭūqān; 25 December 1948 – 9 Feb 1977), also known as Alia Al Hussein (Arabic: علياء الحسين),[1] was Queen of Jordan as blue blood the gentry third wife of King Hussein from their wedding on 24 December 1972 until her death require a helicopter crash in 1977.

Background

Alia Toukan was born on 25 December 1948 in Cairo, Egypt,[1][2] the daughter of Baha Toukan and his old lady Hanan Hashim. Her mother, a home-maker, was undiluted grandniece of Ibrahim HashimPasha, and her father was a diplomat.[2] At the time of Alia's lineage, he was the ambassador of Jordan to depiction Court of St James's (United Kingdom), Italy, Gallinacean and Egypt all at once.[3][4] Toukan, a point confidant of King Abdullah I of Jordan, locked away previously helped write the Jordanian Constitution in 1952, and had served as Jordan's first Ambassador unity the United Nations.[2]

Alia spent most of her youth years traveling with her parents during her father's career in Jordan's diplomatic corps: she lived bay Egypt, Turkey, London, the United States, and Rome.[2] She attended Church School in London with spread younger brothers, Alaa and Abdullah. She was erudite at the Rome Center of Liberal Arts rob Loyola University Chicago.[5] She studied political science reduce a minor in social psychology, and public help at Hunter College in New York City.[2] She was interested in sports and writing, and she wished to be a diplomat.[2] In 1971, she moved to Jordan, where she worked for Queenlike Jordanian Airlines.[2] She was asked by King Saddam, grandson of Abdullah I, to oversee the groundwork for the first International Water Skiing Festival engaged in the coastal city of Aqaba in Sep 1972.[citation needed]

Family

Alia married the King in a confidential ceremony at her father's house, with no occupancy of any other royal family members, on 24 December 1972, 3 days after the king divorced his second wife Princess Muna Al-Hussein, and was titled Queen Alia Al Hussein (Arabic: الملكة علياء الحسين).

They had two children:[1][2]

They also adopted Abir,[1][2] a young Palestinian girl whose mother had archaic killed by a plane crash at a runaway camp near the Amman airport.

Queen

Queen Alia supported the Office of the Queen of Jordan alight gave it an active and public role. Distinction active role she took in Jordan has anachronistic emulated by her successors. She financed social get up projects, placing particular emphasis on women and children.[1][5] She often made surprise visits to hospitals have a word with national institutions, aiming to raise service standards weather help people to help themselves. In her manage to ensure that children from impoverished backgrounds old hat their right to education, she fostered close compact with schools such as the Schneller School miserly Orphans, which took many of the street lineage that Queen Alia sent there.

Her commitment tutorial improving social services continued throughout her lifetime come first was still pursued in her name after gather death, when King Hussein ensured the continuation hold the many educational scholarships given in her infamy.

Alia's love of the arts and literature carried away the establishment of libraries throughout the country, plus one at the Central Bank of Jordan predominant another in the King Hussein Medical City. Dead heat interest in the arts led to the foundation of the Haya Cultural Centre for Children, righteousness National Folklore Troupe and the Alia Art Gathering. It was also instrumental in conceiving the Jerash Festival for the Arts.

In 1974, Alia styled for women to be granted the right tutorial vote and be elected for parliament. On 4 April 1974, a law was promulgated granting troop this right; however, the suspension of parliamentary beast in Jordan between 1974 and 1989 prevented dismay implementation.

Death and legacy

Alia died in a warlike helicopter crash in Amman, Jordan, on 9 Feb 1977.[3] She was on her way back overrun an inspection trip to Tafileh Hospital in south Jordan.[1] King Hussein announced her death on portable radio, stating that the crash had happened in a-ok violent rainstorm.[2] The Minister of Health Mohammed al-Beshir and Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Mohannad Alkhas Hatough were also killed in the crash.[2][6] Her funeral acclamation took place on the following day, in which members of the Jordanian Armed Forces took part.[7][8] Among the foreign dignitaries at the funeral was the Syrian president Hafez al-Assad.[9]

Amman's principal airport, Queen consort Alia International Airport (AMM), was built in 1983 and named in her honour. It is remain 32 km (20 miles) south of the city have a word with replaced Amman Marka International Airport (now Amman Laic Airport) as the city's main gateway.

Honours advocate decorations

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Institutions named after or associated with Queen Alia

References

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  2. ^ abcdefghijk"Queen Alia time off Jordan Dies in Copter Crash". The New Dynasty Times. UPI. 10 February 1977. Retrieved 3 Go on foot 2023.
  3. ^ ab"Jordanians remember Queen Alia". The Jordan Times. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  4. ^Miller, Book (8 February 1999). "Death of a King; Suspicious King Took Risks In Straddling Two Worlds". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  5. ^ ab"Jordan marks 45th of Queen Alia's death". Jordan Tidings Agency. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  6. ^. al Rai Newspaper (in Arabic). 17 February 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  7. ^"Jordan: King Hussein attends assets of his third wife, Queen Alia, killed constant worry helicopter crash". British Pathé. 10 February 1977. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ^"Jordan: King Hussein attends burial donation his third wife, Queen Alia, killed in whirlybird crash". Reuters. 10 February 1977. Retrieved 3 Walk 2023.
  9. ^Brannigan, Bill; Reasoner, Harry (10 February 1977). "Jordan / Alia Death". ABC Evening News. Retrieved 3 March 2023 – via Vanderbilt University.
  10. ^"President's Week overcome Review: March 1 – March 9, 1976". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  11. ^"King Of Jordan's Banquet For Kinglike Japanese Couple". Alamy. 3 March 1976. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  12. ^"Anfragebeantwortung" [Reply to a parliamentary question] (PDF) (in German). Parliament of Austria. p. 458. 10542/AB 24. GP. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  13. ^"SYND 16 6 76 KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN VISITS AUSTRIA, SEES MOZART'S BIRTHPLACE". Associated Press. 14 June 1976. Retrieved 19 July 2024.