Princess Rym Ali

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| name = Princess Rym Ali

| image = PrincessRymJI1.jpg

| birth_name = Rym Brahimi

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969}}

| birth_place = Cairo, Egypt{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.coventry.ac.uk/eulogies/2013-her-royal-highness-princess-rym-ali|title=2013-Her Royal Highness Princess Rym Ali – Coventry University|website=alumni.coventry.ac.uk|access-date=}}

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| spouse = {{marriage|Prince Ali bin Hussein|2004}}

| house = Hashemite (by marriage)

| issue = {{plainlist|

Princess Jalila
Prince Abdullah

}}

| father = Lakhdar Brahimi

| mother = Mila Bacic

}}

Princess Rym Ali{{cite web|url=https://rhc.jo/en/media/news/statement-royal-hashemite-court-12|title=Statement from the Royal Hashemite Court|work=The Royal Hashemite Court|date=1 June 2023|accessdate=1 June 2023}} (née Rym Brahimi; born 1969) is the Algerian{{cite web|url= http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2004/04/28/princeali/ |title= Jordan's Prince Ali to wed CNN reporter |publisher= hellomagazine.com |accessdate= 23 October 2014}} wife of Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, whom she married on 7 September 2004. She is a former journalist.

Early life

She is the daughter of Lakhdar Brahimi, former Algerian Minister for Foreign Affairs and senior UN official,{{cite web| title=The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan| url=http://www.gilani.com.pk/kings/kingsjordan.htm| accessdate=2 November 2008| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207080422/http://www.gilani.com.pk/kings/kingsjordan.htm| archivedate=7 December 2008}} and Mila Bacic, who is of half-Croatian and half-Armenian descent. She was raised in the United Kingdom and Algeria, and was educated in France and the United States.

Education

As Rym Brahimi, the Princess received a BA in geography and an MA in English literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris, graduating with honors in 1990; {{citation needed|date=November 2016}} a MPhil in political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris in Paris in 1991;{{cite web | title=Board of Commissioners | work=Royal Film Commission (Jordan) | url=http://www.film.jo/pages.php?menu_id=12 | accessdate=28 November 2008 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} and a Master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, concentrating on international reporting, in 1994.{{cite web| title=Her Royal High Princess Rym Al Ali| work=HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein| url=http://www.princesshaya.net/bio_rym.htm |accessdate=2 November 2008| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917220027/http://www.princesshaya.net/bio_rym.htm| archivedate=17 September 2008}}

Career

Prior to marrying Prince Ali, Princess Rym worked extensively for international broadcasters including CNN, where she began as a producer in 1998 and later worked as a Baghdad correspondent from 2001 until 2004. She had developed her portfolio working for the BBC, Dubai TV, Bloomberg TV, Radio Monte-Carlo Moyen-Orient and United Press International-UPI.

She has been the Executive Commissioner of the Royal Film Commission – Jordan since July 2005.{{cite web | title=Mr. Shigenobu Kato, Ambassador of Japan, delivered a speech at the graduation ceremony of the animation workshop on 27 January 2008 | work=Embassy of Japan in Jordan | url=http://www.jordan.emb-japan.go.jp/eng_release/eng_speech_cul_0801_anime.htm | accessdate=2 November 2008}}

She is the founder of the Jordan Media Institute (JMI), a non-profit institution whose aim is to establish an Arab center of excellence for journalism education with a Master's program at its core and training-modules in parallel.{{Cite web|date=7 September 2018|title=Founder|url=https://jmi.edu.jo/en/founder|access-date=19 February 2021|website=Jordan Media Institute|language=en}}{{cite web | title=New Projects Submitted to the IPDC | work=IPDC Bureau | url=http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/26311/1206464201304_Arab_region_and_Europe_2008.pdf/04%2BArab%2Bregion%2Band%2BEurope%2B2008.pdf | accessdate=28 November 2008}}

She is also the president of the Amman International Film Festival "AIFF" Awal Film since 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/curtains-go-amman-international-film-festival-awal-film-august-23|title=Curtains to go up on Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film on August 23|date=19 August 2020|website=Jordan Times}}

Awards and honours

=National=

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Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan[https://www.alamy.com/prince-ali-of-jordan-and-hrh-princess-rym-ali-arriving-to-the-storkyrkan-cathedral-for-the-wedding-of-crown-princess-victoria-of-sweden-and-daniel-westling-in-stockholm-sweden-on-june-19-2010-photo-by-mousse-nebinger-orbanabacapresscom-image397674078.html?imageid=1A43B3DF-28E6-4639-9813-80F640B32087&p=1366776&pn=1&searchId=0f0776622b4034c4231dde0666e65751&searchtype=0 Alamy]

= Honours =

{{flag|France}}: Knight of the Order of Legion of Honour (20 September 2011)[https://www.clubpangloss.org/misphot.php?rep=mme/&nomfic=2012mai&sujet=Place+de+la+Jordanie+au+Moyen-Orient&an=Mai%202012&pays=&str=a%3A7%3A%7Bi%3A0%3Bs%3A21%3A%22Un+destin+particulier%22%3Bi%3A1%3Bs%3A19%3A%22Ambassade+de+France%22%3Bi%3A2%3Bs%3A6%3A%22Jerash%22%3Bi%3A3%3Bs%3A7%3A%22Al-Quds%22%3Bi%3A4%3Bs%3A22%3A%22Jordan+Media+Institute%22%3Bi%3A5%3Bs%3A41%3A%22P%C3%A8re+Hanna+Kildani+et+s%26oelig%3Bur+Noellie%22%3Bi%3A6%3Bs%3A37%3A%22P%C3%A9tra%2C+K%C3%A9rak%2C+Mer+Morte%2C+mosa%C3%AFques%22%3B%7D&n=5 Clubpangloss]
{{flag|Norway}}: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (2 March 2020){{Cite web |title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer |url=http://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995 |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=www.kongehuset.no |language=no}}
{{flag|Portugal}}: Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (5 April 2018){{cite web|title=Portuguese President Honors HRH Princess Rym Ali|url=http://petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=347981&CatID=-1}}
{{flag|Sweden}}: Member Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (15 November 2022){{Cite web |title=State visit to Jordan |url=https://www.kungahuset.se/english/archive/news/2022-11-15-state-visit-to-jordan |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=www.kungahuset.se |language=en}}

= Awards =

In April 2011, Princess Rym Ali received a prestigious award from the Columbia University School of Journalism. The Alumni Awards are presented annually for a distinguished journalism career, an outstanding journalistic achievement, or a notable contribution to journalism education.
In July 2011, was awarded the "Best International Journalist" prize at the 32nd Ischia International Journalism Awards Ceremony, one of the most prestigious journalistic awards in Italy.{{cite web|title=International Journalism Award to Princess Rym Ali|url=http://www.jmi.edu.jo/en/node/479|publisher=Jordan Media Institute|accessdate=19 May 2012|date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806080401/http://www.jmi.edu.jo/en/node/479|archivedate=6 August 2011}}
In October 2012, she was awarded the Global Thinkers Forum 2012 Award for Excellence in Media for her exceptional work with the Jordan Media Institute (JMI).
In November 2013, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the United Kingdom's Coventry University for her contribution to the field of journalism and media, and her role in establishing the Jordan Media Institute (JMI).{{cite web|title=Princess Rym Ali Receives Honorary Degree from Coventry University|url=http://www.jmi.edu.jo/en/details/3030/Princess-Rym-Ali-Receives-Honorary-Degree-from-Coventry-University}}
In November 2017, America Abroad Media Awarded their annual prize to Princess Rym Ali, for her significant role in media, at the 5th annual "Power of Film" Awards in Washington DC. The award honors leaders whose work exemplifies the power of media to inform, educate and empower.{{Cite web|url=https://www.americaabroadmedia.org/person/princess-rym-ali|title=Princess Rym Ali | America Abroad Media|website=www.americaabroadmedia.org}}