Word: hamzah
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...would like Hassan to name one of the King's sons crown prince. The two eldest, ABDULLAH and FEISAL, are considered unqualified because their mother is British. The next son, ALI, was the favorite, but he has fallen out of favor because of his playboy life-style. Next come HAMZAH and HASHEM, the sons of Hussein's current wife, LISA HALABI, known as Queen Noor, who comes from a Lebanese-American family. Lately, Hussein has been grooming Hamzah. The 18-year-old frequently accompanies his father to official functions, and he is being taught how to speak the slang...
Hussein would like Hassan to name one of the king's sons crown prince. The two eldest, Abdullah and Feisal, are considered unqualified because their mother is British. The next son, Ali, was the favorite, but he has fallen out of favor because of his playboy lifestyle. Next come Hamzah and Hashem, the sons of Hussein's current wife, Lisa Halaby, known as Queen Noor, who comes from a Lebanese-American family. Lately, Hussein has been grooming Hamzah. The 18-year-old frequently accompanies his father to official functions, and he is being taught how to speak the slang...
...Hassan has his own son, Rashid, 19, who was conspicuously by his father's side in the days after Hussein's lymphoma announcement. Hassan's wife, Princess Sarvath, is said to be very ambitious for her son, as is Queen Noor for Hamzah. One palace insider speculates that despite Hussein's wishes, Hassan will name Rashid regent. His ascension could spark challenges from Hamzah or Ali, especially given that Rashid's Pakistani mother, like Abdullah's, is a non-Arab. "Anyone who assumes that the Hashemite family is united or will remain united about the succession issue is making...
...P.L.O. intransigence. Happily Hussein's designs are doing better at the royal palace in Amman. The King, 50, and Queen Noor, 34, the former Lisa Halaby of Washington, recently welcomed a fourth child into their fold when Princess Raiyah al Hussein, or Banner of Hussein, joined the Princes Hamzah, 5, and Hashem, 4, and Princess Iman, 2. The queen, who earned her architecture degree at Princeton ('74), observes: "Our planning may leave something to be desired, but our designs, thank God, have been flawless." And very cute...
Looking more like typical tourists than reigning royals, Queen Noor of Jordan, 31, and her husband King Hussein, 47, have been spending a couple of weeks along the French Riviera on "a strictly private family holiday." With Sons Hamzah, 3, Hashem, 2, and three-month-old Princess Iman in tow, the couple relaxed in a villa near Cannes. To pass the time, they savored ice cream on the terrace of St.-Tropez's chic Chez Sénéquier, sunned aboard a cabin cruiser named Sinbad and supped with Lebanese President Amin Gemayel, who was also briefly...