Couldn't find a pic of her. But I found one of her ass. That is one nice ass.
Posted on 02/11/2011 12:53:11 PM PST by robowombat
Is Queen Rania the Next Target of Middle Eastern Violence? Posted by Sasha Brown-Worsham on February 9, 2011 at 1:25 PM Comments (4)| Likes (5) Share 18
Queen Rania of Jordan is undoubtedly an international celebrity. Most of this is due to her marked beauty and taste for fine things. But her lavish lifestyle may soon come to end as Jordan is showing some signs that it could be the next Egypt or Tunisia.
Recent revolts, like the ones that took out Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and currently threaten Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, have been played out on the news all over the world. Many of us are watching with unease as the violence and chaos seem to spread.
Recent criticism of Queen Rania raises fears that perhaps Jordan will be next. The criticism of the "corruption" of the royal family and Rania, in particular, breaks with the taboo in the country where speaking against the royal family is punishable by a three-year prison sentence. According to AFP News:
"We call on the king to return to the treasury land and farms given to the Yassin family (of the queen). The land belongs to the Jordanian people," 36 tribal leaders said this week in a joint statement. By so doing, they have broken a taboo in the desert kingdom.
The tribes are no small faction, either. They are nearly 40 percent of Jordan's population and are crucial in terms of politics and stability, according to the AFP. "Their loyalty to the Hashemite ruling family has been crucial in times of crises in the past century."
What this means, only time will tell, but one thing is clear: it's scary.
"The events in Tunisia and Egypt have given courage to Jordanians to publicly say what they have been whispering about for a while," a political analyst told AFP on condition of anonymity. Arab peoples used to fear their authoritarian regimes. "Things have changed and now Arab leaders fear their peoples."
Queen Rania, the wife of King Abdullah II who serves as the head of a constitutional monarchy in which the King has a lot of power, has specifically been criticized for many reasons. These include her lavish lifestyle and her commitment to helping Palestinians come into the country, something many Jordanians fear will make Jordan a temporary homeland for Palestinians. According to Reuters:
Jordanian tribal figures have issued a petition urging King Abdullah to end his Palestinian wife's role in politics, in a new challenge to the monarch grappling with fallout from uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
If similar uprisings start in Jordan, there is no telling what could happen or how far this could all spread, but there is no doubt that we should all be paying pretty close attention. The more the unrest and violence spread, the more and more likely it is to affect all of us. Whatever the outcome is and however far it spreads, change is in the air and we all need to be aware.
Are you paying attention to the situation in the Middle East?
You know, when these women become princesses, and future Queens, for the life of me I will never understand why they suddenly try ot move in the world as movers and shakers instead of wives and mothers. Their JOB is supposed to be there for their husbands and enjoy the luxuries and understand that they are supposed to represent the female ‘face’ of the nation, not move in politics in their own right, which is kind of usurping the position of the govenrment elected by the people. If I married a prince, I would be too busy spending time wiht my kids, arranging receptions, and traveling with my husband on state visits (while smothering myself in couture and jewels) to want to worry about politics.
A huge problem wiht ‘modern monarchies’ is that they overstep the lines with the consorts not just promoting causes, but posing with heads of state in their own right. Royals cannot interfere and these women are not supposed to meddle, but instead remember that they are there ot have kids and be support systems to their husbands when sent overseas.
No, that was Noor.
True, but she has no business jet setting.
Queen Noor’s originally a Texan, if that’s who you mean.
Isn’t her husband a warrior? i.e. trained @ an English war college and is a Spec OP kind of guy? I can’t see him going quietly....
Queen Rania, the wife of King Abdullah II who serves as the head of a constitutional monarchy in which the King has a lot of power, has specifically been criticized for many reasons. These include her lavish lifestyle and her commitment to helping Palestinians come into the country
Couldn't find a pic of her. But I found one of her ass. That is one nice ass.
He was trained at Sandhurst, but I don’t know about the Special Op’s thing.
Looks like a younger Julia Roberts..
I think that was Princess Haya.
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