Haya bint Hussein

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Princess Haya of Jordan (Arabic: ھيا) (born May 3, 1974) is a daughter of late King Hussein I of Jordan and the current junior wife of the two wives of Sheikh of Dubai.

Contents 1 Family 2 Education 3 Sports 4 Marriage 5 External links

[edit] Family

Princess Haya's father was Hussein bin Talal (November 14, 1935 – February 7, 1999), the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 1952 to 1999.

Her mother was Alia Baha ed din Toukan (1948–1977), the third of the king's four concurrent wives. Queen Alia died in a helicopter crash in Amman, Jordan, and Jordan's main airport was named Queen Alia International Airport) in her honour.

Princess Haya is the second of three children King Hussein had by Queen Alia; she has a younger brother, Ali (born 1975), and an older adopted sister, Abir, (born 1972, adopted 1976). She also has several half-brothers and half-sisters, among them the reigning king Abdullah II of Jordan.

[edit] Education

Princess Haya studied in Britain, where she attended Badminton School for Girls in Bristol, Bryanston School in Dorset and later St Hilda's College, Oxford University, from which she graduated with a BA Honours degree in P.P.E. (Politics, Philosophy, and Economics.)

[edit] Sports

Princess Haya is an avid sportswoman. She participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia representing Jordan, where she was also the flag bearer for the Jordanian delegation, and regularly takes part in equestrian events. She has been elected as president of the International Equestrian Federation for a standard four year term ending in 2010.

[edit] Marriage

On April 10, 2004, Princess Haya married Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai, becoming his junior wife. The Emir's senior wife remains Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum.

[edit] External links

• Official website