2005

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Three days on, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah continued her visits to the capital’s hospitals to support and follow up on the recovery of those wounded in Wednesday's attacks, which left dozens of civilians dead and many injured.

As she walked through the wards of the hospitals, on Saturday, Her Majesty spoke words of consolation and encouragement to those still grieving the tragic loss of loved ones.

(Royal Hashemite Court, Communication & Information Division - Amman) His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday said that orphans leaving care organisations should either complete their higher education or learn vocational skills to secure them a decent life as grown-ups.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Tuesday, participated in the official launch of the Young Arab Leaders (YAL) - Jordan Chapter, a network of leaders aimed at contributing to the prosperity of the Arab world by creating the necessary environment for future leaders to grow and develop across all sectors of Arab society.

(Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah-Press Department)Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Saturday, met with a group of men and women from the Forum of Young Arab Leaders (YAL), a network of Arab leaders aiming to contribute to the prosperity of the Arab world by creating the necessary environment for future leaders to grow and develop across all sectors of Arab society.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Amman) Opinion leaders from major media networks in the Arab World together with Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah on Friday, agreed to institutionalize the first-of-its-kind effort to utilize the media as a tool to advance key development issues in the Arab world.

The Arab Media Network for Human Development will be an offshoot of the Arab Women’s Media Campaign, launched in March 2004, by Queen Rania, during her two-year presidency of the Arab Women’s Summit.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Muzaffarabad) - Amidst the ruins of a primary school in the earthquake ravaged city of Muzaffarabad, Her Majesty Queen Rania, on Saturday, sent an urgent plea to the world, calling for an acceleration of relief efforts to the people of Pakistan.

"The extent of the devastation is really hard to imagine… whole lives have been destroyed, villages and communities". Queen Rania, a member of the UNICEF Global Leadership Initiative for Children, warned that the upcoming winter will hinder the relief and aid distribution effort.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Dead Sea) - Arab and Group of Eight (G8) ministers of education joined forces, during the last two days, to explore educational reform prospects that will ensure that students in the region have access to high quality education, at a conference on the development of education.

(Office of Her Majesty - Press Department - Amman) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, on Wednesday, chaired the inaugural meeting of the Royal Health Awareness Society (RHAS), a newly formulated non-profit organization established to promote health awareness among a wider public, focusing on comprehensive access to information and helping raise healthy and socially-responsible citizens, living in harmony within a safe environment.  

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Accompanying US First Lady, Laura Bush, Her Majesty Queen Rania, on Sunday, joined students and youth, from INJAZ Program and Discovery School Programs, in exploring their future dreams and aspirations, during a visit to the Sweifyeh Secondary School for Girls.
 
Mrs. Bush and Queen Rania were, upon their arrival, greeted by the School’s principal and students, in addition to Minister of Education, Khaled Touqan, before joining grade-two students in their E-Math class. 
 

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Athens) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Wednesday, inaugurated a scholarship program for Jordanian students at the Athens Information Technology (AIT) University, during a two-day working trip to the Greek capital with His Majesty King Abdullah.  A Greek initiative aimed at fostering greater co-operation between Jordanian and Greek educational institutions, the program, due to begin in spring 2006, comprises fourteen graduate scholarships, known as the Queen Rania Al-Abdullah Scholarships, which will be set up exclusively for Jordanian stud