بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عطوفة رئيس جامعة اليرموك الأكرم، الأساتـذة الكـرام، الأخوة الطـلـبة والطـالـبات، الحضور الكريم، السلام عليكـم ورحمة الله وبركاتـه، لا يتسنى لـنا عادة النظر خارج دائرتـنا الشخصية …
Victor Hugo once called Paris “an immense hospitality.” Cole Porter sang that Paris is a “timeless town” from the “winter when it drizzles” to the “summer when it sizzles.” And Frank Sinatra described April in Paris as a feeling no one can ever reprise. …
Being introduced as a peacemaker by George Mitchell is like having Katherine Hepburn hand you an Oscar. Senator Mitchell, you, too, are a star, and a very tough act to follow! On behalf of my husband His Majesty King Abdullah and myself, I want to thank …
I want to thank everyone here tonight for this very special honor. And more importantly, I want to thank you for all you do to support the United Nations – whose birthday we celebrated yesterday… and whose bright future we all seek to ensure. The theme …
تسلمت هذه الرسالة منذ عدة أسابيع: "إلى الملكة رانيا العبد الله .... أنا اسمي ليث في الصف الثاني والعام كنت الرابع عالصف لأنه باقي الصف شاطرين مثلي جلالتك زرتي مدرستي بس ما قابلتك ودخلتي على صفي أنا أحب مدرستي وأتمنى أن تزورينا مرة ثانية وأتمنى أن تكون …
Open Minds: The time has come for a new global narrative, declares Queen Rania of Jordan Picking up a book is one of the cheapest entertainments around. The simple act of reading — what you are doing now — has been characterised as everything from a …
Vincent van Gogh, once said that “Conscience is a man’s compass.” The annual Edelman Trust Barometer suggestion the majority of global opinion leaders believe that business plays a role that no other institution can, in addressing social and environmental …
Last year, 60 million women around the world gave birth without professional care. More than half a million of them died. Think, for a moment, about that number. One woman. Every minute. Every day. They are women like Sharifa, just 23, from Afghanistan, …
Slippery hands. Tree bark. Tugboats. You won't find these in UNESCO's Global Monitoring Report being launched this week in Ottawa. The report tells us how the world is doing at reaching our Education for All goals. It says 72 million aren't in school. It …
In 1631, a beautiful empress, Mumtaz Mahal, died while giving birth to her 14th child. Overwhelmed by grief, her husband constructed a monument in her honour: the Taj Mahal, today one of the best-known buildings in the world. And yet, while the Taj …
