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Description:"In a part of the world in which journalism is a dangerous business, Randa Habib is courageous, considered, and influential. By being there to write the stories of Jordan and the region, she has shaped history as much as she has revealed it. In her profession, Randa Habib is a star."Paul McGeough, author of Kill KhalidIn January 1999, a newswire shocked Jordan. King Hussein announced that it was not his brother Hassan that would succeed him, but his son Abdullah. Less than a week later, King Hussein was dead.During his forty-six-year reign, the Hashemite king preserved his kingdom against rising Islamism and maintained its neutrality in the face of the conflicting interests of neighboring countries. Hussein left his son a stable kingdom, allied to the West. Today, King Abdullah is following in his father’s footsteps, positioning himself as a peace broker alongside the United States in the hopes of ending the sixty-year Middle East conflict.Award-winning journalist Randa Habib draws on twenty-five years of unparalleled access to the former king to share unique insights into Hussein’s relations with Saddam Hussein, Hafez al-Assad, and Itzhak Rabin. A lively chronicle of the end of an era, this is also a fascinating account of twenty-first-century Jordan, the Jordan of King Abdullah and Queen Rania.Randa Habib a French journalist of Lebanese origin, has spent twenty-five years covering war, politics and economic development in the Middle East. Director of the Amman bureau of Agence France Presse since 1987, she has reported extensively from Iraq and other areas of conflict and interviewed royalty and leaders throughout the region. Habib was the first to interview King Abdullah when he ascended the throne. She also broke the story that it would be Abdullah, King Hussein’s son, who would succeed him, and not Hussein’s brother, Crown Prince Hassan.She was awarded the ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite’ in 2001 by President Jacques Chirac and the ‘Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur’ in 2008 by President Nicolas Sarkozy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hussein and Abdullah: Inside the Jordanian Royal Family. To get started finding Hussein and Abdullah: Inside the Jordanian Royal Family, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 258

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 2010

ISBN: 0863566847

Description: "In a part of the world in which journalism is a dangerous business, Randa Habib is courageous, considered, and influential. By being there to write the stories of Jordan and the region, she has shaped history as much as she has revealed it. In her profession, Randa Habib is a star."Paul McGeough, author of Kill KhalidIn January 1999, a newswire shocked Jordan. King Hussein announced that it was not his brother Hassan that would succeed him, but his son Abdullah. Less than a week later, King Hussein was dead.During his forty-six-year reign, the Hashemite king preserved his kingdom against rising Islamism and maintained its neutrality in the face of the conflicting interests of neighboring countries. Hussein left his son a stable kingdom, allied to the West. Today, King Abdullah is following in his father’s footsteps, positioning himself as a peace broker alongside the United States in the hopes of ending the sixty-year Middle East conflict.Award-winning journalist Randa Habib draws on twenty-five years of unparalleled access to the former king to share unique insights into Hussein’s relations with Saddam Hussein, Hafez al-Assad, and Itzhak Rabin. A lively chronicle of the end of an era, this is also a fascinating account of twenty-first-century Jordan, the Jordan of King Abdullah and Queen Rania.Randa Habib a French journalist of Lebanese origin, has spent twenty-five years covering war, politics and economic development in the Middle East. Director of the Amman bureau of Agence France Presse since 1987, she has reported extensively from Iraq and other areas of conflict and interviewed royalty and leaders throughout the region. Habib was the first to interview King Abdullah when he ascended the throne. She also broke the story that it would be Abdullah, King Hussein’s son, who would succeed him, and not Hussein’s brother, Crown Prince Hassan.She was awarded the ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite’ in 2001 by President Jacques Chirac and the ‘Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur’ in 2008 by President Nicolas Sarkozy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hussein and Abdullah: Inside the Jordanian Royal Family. To get started finding Hussein and Abdullah: Inside the Jordanian Royal Family, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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