(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Johannesburg) As a staunch advocate for increasing access to quality education, Her Majesty Queen Rania on Friday announced her role as Honorary Chair of the Global Action Week on Education in anticipation of the …

The fall of the Berlin Wall: what a testament to the power of peaceful revolution. Even as a high school student in Kuwait, it was impossible not to be swept up in the emotion, as I watched people clamber to freedom, family and friends for the first time. …

On-off negotiations, limp handshakes, violated agreements, starts and stops, hopes dashed. This, the landscape of the Middle East peace process in the last decade. In 2006, what our region needed was a renewed peace effort; what our region got was the …

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” ... Article one, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person” … Article three, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Over …

Global leaders are overlooking one of their most valuable weapons in the fight against everything from climate change to economic turmoil. Jordan's Queen Rania on the surprise solution to many of the world's most intractable problems. Use whatever cliché …

Thank you, Ann. It’s an honor to be here with you all this morning; thank you for that warm welcome. What a wave of positive energy to start the day…wow! So, before I visit a new place, before I meet new people, I always do my homework…and everything I …

President Levin, Dean Lorimer, faculty, students… thank you so much for making me feel so welcome here at Yale. I’ve wanted to come here for many years, and am so grateful to everyone for the hospitality and kindness you’ve shown to me and my staff. I’ve …

Thank you, Karen. You know, this is one event I wish I wasn’t at. I wish there was no need for UNRWA... I wish there was no anniversary to mark…and I wish that there were not 4.6 million Palestinian refugees in need of humanitarian aid. But, you and I …

اربد - أطلقت جلالة الملكة رانيا العبدالله من إربد اليوم فعاليات خيمة "هل هلالك" لتستقبل للسنة الثانية على التوالي المستفيدين من مؤسسات رعاية الأطفال في المملكة. وقبل التوجه إلى الخيمة قامت جلالتها بجولة في جمعية مبرة الملك حسين لرعاية الأيتام، حيث كان في …

عمان - بهدف إبراز دور المدرسة في التفاعل مع التحديات المجتمعية تفقدت جلالة الملكة رانيا العبدالله اليوم في ماركا سير العمل في برنامج "تعزيز الثقافة للمتسربين" الذي ينفذ في مدرسة اليوبيل الذهبي الثانوية للبنين ويهدف إلى توفير فرص تعليمية تعويضية للأطفال …