Ministry determined to enforce smoking ban

Her Majesty Queen Rania in "The Situation Room" CNN

World leadership award (Amman)

The City of Amman Awarded the World Leadership Awards in the Town Planning Category and The Prestigious “City of the Year – Asia Pacific” Award Al Bawaba  - The city of Amman was awarded the World Leadership Award in Town Planning, in recognition of the Greater Amman Municipality’s innovative Amman Master Plan; an urban development initiative designed to improve the quality of life in Amman. Also during the same ceremony Amman was awarded the prestigious new “City of the Year” award for Asia-Pacific region, in which Amman competed with the following cities: Phnom Penh; Tainan; Ahmedabad; Kolkata; and Chennai.  This award recognizes the most progressive city in that region and for excellence in leadership. The announcement was made at a presentation ceremony held on December 6th, 2007 in London and the awards were received on behalf of Ammanese by Mayor Omar Maani, who was accompanied by representatives of the master plan team.  The ceremony followed two days of presentations by the shortlisted cities where Mayor Omar Maani and the master plan team presented Amman’s success story on the master plan to a panel of judges.   As the Forum introduced the new “City of the Year” award that is given to a city in each continent; Amman also won the 2nd award for being the most progressive in achieving its goals and for the excellence in leadership and commitment shown towards the city.   Presented annually in London, the World Leadership Awards celebrate the very best in modern city leadership whereby over 400 cities across the world are asked to submit projects in a wide range of fields including: architecture, civil engineering, communication, culture, the arts, economy, education, science and technology, town planning, sports, transport, urban development and many others. “This prestigious distinction means a great deal to Amman, the Municipality, and the Citizens who shared their vision and aspirations with us ” explained Mayor of Amman H.E. Mr. Omar Maani. “We at the Greater Amman Municipality feel that this recognition is an outstanding example of the success that can be created when community engagement, true leadership, and innovation work together. GAM is honored to see the Amman Master Plan evolve to become a source inspiration for global audiences. Although we are very proud of our achievements thus far, this recognition only encourages us to move forward.” It is important to note that The World Leadership Awards are given to cities whose leaders have shown exceptional imagination, foresight or resilience in a number of key fields. Winning cities are usually those that have reversed trends, shaken off traditional images, and acted as an example and inspiration to others.  The panel of judges presiding over the Town Planning category included some of the world’s leading experts in the fields of engineering, academia, government, commerce, media and other professions. Source : http://www.araburban.org/AUDI/English/Right_en/03ArabCitiesNews_en/ACN1612070130GG.htm

Ahl el himmeh أهل الهمة

Queen Rania: what's happening in Gaza is a crisis of human dignity

Queen Rania speaks about the tragedy unfolding in the Gaza strip since the Israeli offensive began last week.

Hundreds of people have been killed, including unarmed civilians, women and children.

A Tribute to GAZA

Jordan Aiding relief Mission in China

Jordan national banner appears on a truck laden with relief aid to the quake-hit Sichuan province in China parked near other vehicles carrying assistance from Arab countries. Upon directives by His Majesty King Abdullah, Jordan has sent a plane-load relief materials to China, where the official death toll from the 7.9 magnitude quake is already more than 68,000 and is certain to rise further, with nearly 20,000 listed as missing.



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Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan at Zeitgeist08

Jordan Independence day

Sunday, May 25, 2008 marks the 62 year of independence of our beloved country the HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN. More on the history of the Hashemite Kingdom will be published in a couple of days. I would like to send my greeting to all Jordanians.

HM Queen Rania's 3rd video on Arab women

In This video Her majesty picks users comments and answers them. Have a look

Queen Rania responds

Queen Rania responds,This is the second video for Her Majesty on Youtube. and She responded in a very clever way. Have a look

One of the Replies to HM Queen Rania's Initiative

HM Queen Rania's video on youtube has been clogging the tubes! had a great positive effect on almost half a million people around the world in just 4 days. this video shows one of the responses to her initiative, I liked this one because it is highly balanced and friendly. this post is part of our continuous coverage of this event.

YOUTUBE EXCLUSIVE: Send me your stereotypes

Her Majesty Queen Rania, asks you people to send in your stereotypes.

Her Majesty Las launched her own Youtube channel and this is the first video. the video has been uploaded on March 30, 2008 and now its April 3rd, 6GMT till now the video has casted 472,594 views, 2119 ratings, 1161 comments, 34 honors and has been Favorited: 1,019 times !

Jordan's world's tallest flagpole

On June 2003 the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan said it had erected the world's tallest flagpole, stripping the United Arab Emirates of the previous record, officials said.

During a ceremony on the royal grounds in the Raghadan palace in central Amman,His Majesty King Abdullah II raised the country's colours on a flagpole measuring 126.8 meters (416 feet).

The UAE previously held the record with a 123-meter (403.5-foot) flagpole standing in the emirate of AbuDhabi.

According to court officials the 60-meter (196.8-foot) flag will be illuminated at night and will be visible as far as Russeifeh and Zarqa, two towns located 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) and 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) northeast of Amman.

The Hashemite kingdom has been advancing in a rapid pace over the last 6 years. Long Live Jordan!

Jordan Tourism Promo. Video

Have a look at this video, A promo. video produced by Jordan Tourism Board.

Snow in Amman

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Our Amazing Queen...Queen Rania Of Jordan

Have a look at this video..But try not to be jealous of Our Queen. What an amazing person.

A very touching video

A palestinian young man couldn't find his mother for 27 year, HH Queen Ranya helps bring his mother to meet her son for the first time, this video shows a live copy of the event on the TV show that Aired on Jordan National TV.

I am sorry, but Its in Arabic. I am going to translate it but I am working on getting permission from the publisher.

His Highness King Hussein (late King of Jordan)

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