beautiful beautiful woman who liked to imitate a girl. The apple of her father's eye and spoiled,
her husband and his beloved. A Palestinian woman charmed the Jordanian king at first sight
married her, and then stole the hearts of all Jordanians. The difference still exists, a
about the cause of her death. Was it a fleeting plane crash? Or is the Queen
beloved relationships, she was killed in that accident. Ali Toukan, the woman he loved,
everybody. Alia Toukan was born on the twenty-fifth of December, and
one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, in Cairo, Egypt, to a family affiliated with the
Palestinian city of Nablus had two brothers, Abdullah and Ola. Her father is
was Baha Al-Din Toukan, the former Jordanian ambassador to the states,
. In her childhood, she was inclined to play children's games, such as football, and
horseback riding. What prompted her father to compare her to boys, according to a talk of
her daughter Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein about her once. Queen Alia studied the
in English schools. Because of her father's involvement in politics, the family
to travel a lot and move between several countries. Like Turkey and Italy,
England and France. She completed her university studies to graduate from the Faculty of Science. They
political in the Italian University. And then she got a master's degree in
trade from a college and then returned to Jordan to work in the field of
public. The story of political asylum. Before moving to Cairo, Baha worked on
Al-Din Toukan, the father of Alia, who held many positions in the Kingdom of Jordan, forcing her
Hashemite thousand . He was Minister of the Royal Hashemite Court and the Kingdom's Ambassador, in
. However, problems that occurred with the Jordanian government caused me to
dismissal. What forced him to seek political asylum at the time in Egypt. That lived
were in it as a political refugee until a royal pardon was issued for him by the Jordanian King Hussein
who brought him back to the kingdom and then appointed him ambassador to Jordan in Cairo. It
Egypt at the time was under the rule of former President Gamal Abdel Nasser. As for the daughter of the ambassador,
love traveling and getting to know peoples. Therefore, she was late in marrying
she was the priority of study and work. Friendship, love and association. While establishing
ambassador and his family in Cairo? Hussein used to spend his vacation in a house
Ambassador sometimes. Where he got to know Alia and a strong friendship developed between them.
Then the king assigned her to supervise the water skiing festival. He was the one
of its kind in Jordan in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-two.
so that his heart became attached to her more, turning friendship into love. It witnessed the year a thousand
Nine hundred and seventy-two the same King Hussein's sermon to Alia Toukan.
it is noteworthy that he was then married to his first wife, Mona. Which raised
great fanfare in the Kingdom of Jordan at the time. Beloved queen. After a party
A relatively modest wedding, Alia Toukan became the Queen of Jordan. She was the queen of
really loved. With intelligence, culture, wisdom and love of good. Washington took care
establishment of libraries and called for equality between women and men.
concerned with women's political and social rights. And I knew the kindness of her heart
Which was evident in the story of her adoption of Princess Abeer, who was six years old, who was
months when a Tupolev plane crashed on her family's home, killing the first mother
while the father and daughter survived. Which was four hours under the rubble before the
She is rescued but her father abandons her. And when the Queen heard her story,
took her and adopted her. To become her only daughter before giving birth to the queen,
Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussein in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-four. Then I
Prince Ali died in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five. Coincided with the year of the
nine hundred and seventy-seven silver jubilee of the king's accession to the throne of Jordan, and she was
but it was a tragic year for the king, but for the whole of Jordan. He witnessed the death of the
beloved queen in a tragic plane crash while she was on her way,
to visit a hospital in Tafila Governorate, south of Jordan, and investigate the complaint of the
neglect in the hospital. to bring down the helicopter. The Queen and all
who was with her on the plane. Incident is still controversy over it among the
asserted that it was a murder and that the helicopter was brought down by an act of violence. Others
consider it just an accident that caused the death of a queen who left her imprint for
in the hearts of all Jordanians. After her death, Amman Airport was called the
international, which is still called Queen Alia International Airport to this day.
what do you think of this for you. Have you heard of it before?