Our Last Best Chance_ The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril - King Abdullah II [165]
As in all things, I am enormously grateful to my extended family. Readers of this book will know that my six sisters, four brothers, and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins have played a critical role in making me who I am and in helping me achieve whatever good I have accomplished in my life. My father, His Late Majesty King Hussein, and my mother, Her Royal Highness Princess Muna, gave me an opportunity to live an extraordinary life, to see what few have seen, and to do my best to serve the people of Jordan.
God has given me many blessings. But the greatest of all is to be husband to Rania, and father to our children Hussein, Iman, Salma, and Hashem. They are the lights of my life.
INDEX
Abbas, Mahmoud (Abu Mazen)
Abdullah II, meetings with
Annapolis conference (2007)
Israel-Palestine peace efforts
Netanyahu, meetings with
as PNA president
settlement conditions of
Abdel Ilah, Prince of Iraq
Abdel-Rahman, Sheikh
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Abdullah II, meeting with
Abdullah I ibn Al Hussein, King of Jordan
assassination of
and Great Arab Revolt
and Israel-Palestine conflict
kingdom, scope of
on T. E. Lawrence
Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, King of Jordan
Amman Message
assassination threats to
Benedict XVI, outreach to
Crown Prince of. See Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince of Jordan
early life. See Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, Prince of Jordan
economy, approach to
educational reforms
global outreach, success of
governmental reforms of
honor killings, campaign against
information network, building of
institutional improvements by
Iraq reconstruction plan of
during Iraq War
Iraq War, opposition to
Islamic extremists, best defense against
and Islamic extremists in Jordan
Israel-Palestine peace efforts
King’s Academy
leadership, grooming by King Hussein for
Middle East, tour as king
nuclear program
prime ministers of
prisoner amnesty by
Rania pronounced queen
on religion/politics mix
on September 11
on Shia-led Iraq
sworn as king
terrorist hunt by
U.S. Congress, address to (2007)
U.S. Jordan FTA
world leaders, relations with. See names of individual leaders
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, Prince of Jordan
birth of
in British army
children. See Hashem bin Abdullah II, Prince of Jordan; Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince of Jordan; Iman bint Abdullah II, Princess of Jordan; Salma bint Abdullah II, Princess of Jordan
as crown prince
as diplomatic liaison
education of
grandfather. See Talal bin Abdullah, King of Jordan
great-grandfather. See Abdullah I ibn Al Hussein, King of Jordan
great-great-grandfather. See Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
Gulf War (1991)
on Iraq invasion of Kuwait (1990)
on Jewish migration to Palestine
in Jordanian army. See Jordanian army (Jordan Armed Forces)
lineage of
line of succession, removal from
military education, Sandhurst
motto of
during 1967 war
North Korea, visit to
parents. See Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan; Muna Al Hussein, Princess of Jordan
pastimes of
prejudice, experience of
protection during childhood of
and Saddam Hussein family
siblings of
sports/athletics
successor to
sworn as king
wife. See entries under Rania Al Abdullah
Abir Muheisen
Abrams, Elliott
Abu Baker Al Seddiq
Abu Dhabi, Abdullah II,
tour as king
Abu Ghraib
Abu Hussein “Father of Hussein,”
Act of Union
Afghanistan
Islamic extremists in
Russian occupation
U.S. war in (2001)
Al Ahliyya Amman University
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
Airline hijackings
Aisha bint Al Hussein, Princess of Jordan
education of
in Jordan army
at Mayo Clinic
mother of
Akkad, Moustapha
Alami, Nadia
Al Aqsa intifada
Al Aqsa Mosque
Alia bint Al Hussein, Princess of Jordan
Ali bin Al Hussein, Prince of Jordan
Ali bin Al Hussein, King of Hijaz
Allawi, Ayad
Amit, General Meir
Amman Message
Annapolis conference (2007)
Ansar al-Islam
Aqaba
Arabian Gulf, American presence in
Arab League
on invasion of Kuwait (1990)
summit (2009)
summit (2010)
Arab Legion
Arab Peace