Her Royal Highness Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
3504 International Drive NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Telephone # (202) 966 - 1009
Fax # (202) 363 - 0196

  
   Her Royal Highness Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein was born in Amman on April 23, 1968 to His Majesty the Late King Hussein bin Talal & H.R.H. Princess Muna Al Hussein.

   HRH Princess Aisha became the first female in the Middle East to receive her wings, after completing five military parachute jumps. H.R.H. successfully completed her officer’s training course from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in The United Kingdom in April 1987; where she again became the first Middle Eastern Female to attend Sandhurst. Following her graduation from Sandhurst, H.R.H. served in Jordan’s Special Forces and graduated in several parachuting courses.

    In 1995, H.R.H. held the position of Director to the Military Women’s Affairs Directorate in the Jordanian Armed Forces. Furthermore H.R.H. successfully completed numerous courses such as Security and Protection with Jordan’s Royal Guards, Senior International Defense Management from the Naval Postgraduate School in the Defense Resources Management Institute at Monterey, California, as well as an open water diving course at the Scuba Schools International in New Jersey. H.R.H. frequently travels abroad to further enhance her knowledge in military related issues, specifically the role taken by women in the military. H.R.H. has participated in Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) Conferences since 1996 and is a member in NATO's Women Mediterranean Dialogue countries. H.R.H. continues to represent her country in various occasions such as the inauguration ceremony of the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies. H.R.H. serves as a Jordanian expert in the internationally staffed NATO Human Factors and Medicine Research Task Group 140, on psychological, organizational and cultural Aspects of terrorism, in all matters military and civilian. H.R.H. is the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the Center for Security Studies at Jordan University, which aims to address issues pertaining to hazardous material management and improving environmental practices within the Kingdom.

   H.R.H has become involved in Women’s Health Care for military personnel and for the female dependants of male personnel. She also flew in an F16 in 2001 in the United States.

   H.R.H. has attended the International CTF course at the National Defense University in Washington DC, where she graduated with a Masters degree in Strategic Security Studies. H.R.H. is currently serving as the Defense Attaché at the Embassy of HKJ in Washington D.C.

   H.R.H. is a proud mother of two, son Aoun, born on May 27, 1992 and a younger daughter, Muna born on July 18, 1996.