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(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- New York) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah was honored today as one of Glamour’s Women of the year, at a ceremony in Carnegie Hall in New York. The magazine publishes the Women of the year list annually. This year the list includes actress Julia Roberts, entertainers Fergie and Cher, female world leaders, Olympic gold medalists Mia Hamm and Lisa Leslie and a host of other women.

Rania Yasin was born on August 31, 1970, in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. A doctor's daughter, she grew up in a comfortable home on the West Bank alongside her two siblings. She received a thoroughly Western education, first at the New English School in Kuwait City and then at the American University in Cairo, where she graduated with a business degree.