Princess Ghida al-Talal
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11 July 1963 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Spouse | Prince Talal bin Muhammad |
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Prince Hussein Princess Rajaa Prince Muhammad |
| House | Hashemite |
| Father | Hany Salaam |
| Mother | Rajaa Arab |
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Princess Ghida al-Talal is the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF), based in Amman, Jordan. Born Ghida Salaam to a politically prominent family in Lebanon, Princess Ghida is married to Prince Talal bin Muhammad of Jordan, the nephew of King Hussein bin Talal and 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Princess Ghida lives in Jordan with her husband and is a mother to three children: Prince Hussein (born 1999) and twins Princess Rajaa and Prince Muhammad (born 2001).
Princess Ghida Talal was born 11 July 1963 in Beirut, Lebanon to Hany Salaam and Rajaa Arab. She is the eldest of four children. The Salaam family is a politically prominent family in Lebanon. Her great-grandfather Salim Ali Salaam was a leading political figure in Beirut at the turn of the 20th century and held numerous public positions, including deputy from Beirut to the Ottoman Parliament. Her great-uncle Saeb Salaam served as Prime Minister of Lebanon several times. Her paternal grandmother was a scion of the leading family of scholars from Jerusalem, the Khalidis.
Princess Ghida attended school in Beirut at the College Protestant Francais and graduated with the French and Lebanese Baccalaureates. After finishing high school in Beirut, she began her college education in the United States. She graduated with a joint bachelor's and master's degree and magna cum laude honors in international politics and economics from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C. She speaks and writes fluent Arabic, French, English and Spanish.
After university, she began a career in journalism, starting with a job as a researcher for the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News in London. She then moved to Argentina as a correspondent for the London-based Sunday Times Newspaper. She then moved back to Beirut where she covered Lebanese politics for Reuters. Her last work as a journalist was with the Financial Times of London.
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