Princess Rym Ali Explained

Princess Rym Ali
Birth Name:Rym Brahimi
Birth Place:Cairo, Egypt[1]
House:Hashemite (by marriage)
Issue:
  • Princess Jalila
  • Prince Abdullah
Father:Lakhdar Brahimi
Mother:Mila Bacic

Princess Rym Ali[2] (née Rym Brahimi; born 1969) is the Algerian[3] wife of Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, whom she married on 7 September 2004.

Early life

She is the daughter of Lakhdar Brahimi, former Algerian Minister for Foreign Affairs and senior UN official,[4] and Mila Bacic, who is of half-Croatian and half-Armenian descent. She was raised in the United Kingdom and Algeria, and was educated in France and the United States.

Education

Career

Prior to marrying Prince Ali, Princess Rym worked extensively for international broadcasters including CNN, where she began as a producer in 1998 and later worked as a Baghdad correspondent from 2001 until 2004. She had developed her portfolio working for the BBC, Dubai TV, Bloomberg TV, Radio Monte-Carlo Moyen-Orient and United Press International-UPI.

She has been the Executive Commissioner of the Royal Film Commission – Jordan since July 2005.[7] She is the founder of the Jordan Media Institute (JMI), a non-profit institution whose aim is to establish an Arab center of excellence for journalism education with a Master's program at its core and training-modules in parallel.[8] [9] She is also the president of the Amman International Film Festival "AIFF" Awal Film since 2017.[10]

Awards and honours

National

Honours

Knight of the Order of Legion of Honour (20 September 2011)[12]

Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (2 March 2020)[13]

Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (5 April 2018)[14]

Member Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (15 November 2022)[15]

Awards

Personal life

She and Prince Ali live in Amman with their two children Princess Jalila bint Ali and Prince Abdullah bin Ali.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013-Her Royal Highness Princess Rym Ali – Coventry University. alumni.coventry.ac.uk.
  2. Web site: Statement from the Royal Hashemite Court. The Royal Hashemite Court. 1 June 2023. 1 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Jordan's Prince Ali to wed CNN reporter . hellomagazine.com . 23 October 2014.
  4. Web site: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 2 November 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081207080422/http://www.gilani.com.pk/kings/kingsjordan.htm. 7 December 2008.
  5. Web site: Board of Commissioners . Royal Film Commission (Jordan) . 28 November 2008 .
  6. Web site: Her Royal High Princess Rym Al Ali. HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein. 2 November 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080917220027/http://www.princesshaya.net/bio_rym.htm. 17 September 2008.
  7. Web site: Mr. Shigenobu Kato, Ambassador of Japan, delivered a speech at the graduation ceremony of the animation workshop on 27 January 2008 . Embassy of Japan in Jordan . 2 November 2008.
  8. Web site: 7 September 2018. Founder. 19 February 2021. Jordan Media Institute. en.
  9. Web site: New Projects Submitted to the IPDC . IPDC Bureau . 28 November 2008.
  10. Web site: Curtains to go up on Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film on August 23. 19 August 2020. Jordan Times.
  11. https://www.alamy.com/prince-ali-of-jordan-and-hrh-princess-rym-ali-arriving-to-the-storkyrkan-cathedral-for-the-wedding-of-crown-princess-victoria-of-sweden-and-daniel-westling-in-stockholm-sweden-on-june-19-2010-photo-by-mousse-nebinger-orbanabacapresscom-image397674078.html?imageid=1A43B3DF-28E6-4639-9813-80F640B32087&p=1366776&pn=1&searchId=0f0776622b4034c4231dde0666e65751&searchtype=0 Alamy
  12. https://www.clubpangloss.org/misphot.php?rep=mme/&nomfic=2012mai&sujet=Place+de+la+Jordanie+au+Moyen-Orient&an=Mai%202012&pays=&str=a%3A7%3A%7Bi%3A0%3Bs%3A21%3A%22Un+destin+particulier%22%3Bi%3A1%3Bs%3A19%3A%22Ambassade+de+France%22%3Bi%3A2%3Bs%3A6%3A%22Jerash%22%3Bi%3A3%3Bs%3A7%3A%22Al-Quds%22%3Bi%3A4%3Bs%3A22%3A%22Jordan+Media+Institute%22%3Bi%3A5%3Bs%3A41%3A%22P%C3%A8re+Hanna+Kildani+et+s%26oelig%3Bur+Noellie%22%3Bi%3A6%3Bs%3A37%3A%22P%C3%A9tra%2C+K%C3%A9rak%2C+Mer+Morte%2C+mosa%C3%AFques%22%3B%7D&n=5 Clubpangloss
  13. Web site: Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer . 2024-01-31 . www.kongehuset.no . no.
  14. Web site: Portuguese President Honors HRH Princess Rym Ali.
  15. Web site: State visit to Jordan . 2024-01-31 . www.kungahuset.se . en.
  16. Web site: International Journalism Award to Princess Rym Ali. Jordan Media Institute. 19 May 2012. 18 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110806080401/http://www.jmi.edu.jo/en/node/479. 6 August 2011.
  17. Web site: Princess Rym Ali Receives Honorary Degree from Coventry University.
  18. Web site: Princess Rym Ali | America Abroad Media. www.americaabroadmedia.org.

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