Princess Noor bint Asem (; born 6 October 1982) is a member of the

Jordanian royal family The Hashemites (), also House of Hashim, are the royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925), Syria (1920), and Iraq (1921–1958). The family had ruled the city of Me ...

Family

Her father is

Prince Asem bin Al Nayef Prince Asem bin Nayef (; born 27 April 1948) is the son of Prince Nayef bin Abdullah (a younger son of Abdullah I of Jordan) and Princess Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Şehzade Ziyaeddin), Mihrimah Sultan (granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V of the ...

, a grandson of King

Abdullah I of Jordan Abdullah I (Abdullah bin Hussein; 2 February 188220 July 1951) was the ruler of Jordan and its predecessor state Transjordan from 1921 until his assassination in 1951. He was the Emir of Transjordan, a British protectorate, until 1946, when h ...

and her mother is Firouzeh Vokhshouri. Her mother lives in

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, Spain, where she is an

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for the Jordanian Embassy. Princess Noor's parents divorced in 1985 and in 1986 her father married

Princess Sana Asem Princess Sana'a Asem (née Sana Kalimat; born 16 November 1960) is a Jordanian princess due to her marriage to Prince Asim bin Nayef and she has Circassian origin. She is the daughter of Adnan Mawloud Kalimat (d. on 12 September 2019), leade ...

Education

Having studied her IGCSE's and A Levels at

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, Spain, she then went on to graduate with a bachelor's degree in political communication from

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It also maintains campuses in Los Angeles and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of Public Speaking, o ...

in 2004, then a master's degree in Positive Leadership and Strategy in 2016 from IE Business School of Behavior and Social Sciences, Madrid.

Marriages

On 29 August 2003, the Royal Jordanian Court announced Princess Noor's

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Prince Hamzah bin Hussein Hamzah bin Al Hussein (; born 29 March 1980) is the fourth son of King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan overall and the first by his American-born fourth wife, Queen Noor. He was named Crown Prince of Jordan on 7 February 1999, a position he held u ...

, her second cousin, had taken place. The marriage ceremony was held at al-Baraka Palace in Amman. The celebration of the marriage ( Zifaf) was held on 27 May 2004 at

Zahran Palace Zahran Palace () is a palace in Amman, Jordan, built in 1957. It has hosted many royal events, such as the wedding of the current Abdullah II of Jordan, King and Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen of Jordan in 1993. In addition, celebrations of then Ha ...

Amman Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of four million as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant ...

. The marriage produced one daughter, Princess Haya bint Hamzah (born 18 April 2007). The couple divorced on 9 September 2009, although the divorce was not confirmed by the Royal Jordanian Court until an announcement in March 2010. Thereafter, Princess Noor reverted to the use of her maiden name Princess Noor bint Asem. In March 2018, Princess Noor officially announced her engagement to Saudi businessman and horse breeder

Amr Zedan Amr F. Zedan (; born 17 September 1974) is a Saudi Arabian businessman, a serial venture capital investor, thoroughbred horse breeder, and the Chairman of the Saudi Polo Federation. Education Zedan obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in ind ...

, the future owner of the disqualified

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winner,

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. The couple were married at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre,

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, Jordan, on 22 June 2018. The couple's first child, a son named Talal, was born on 27 March 2019. Their second child, a son named Abdullah, was born on 20 December 2020.

Honours

National Honours

* Jordan: ** JOR Order of the Star of Jordan GC

Grand Cordon of the

Order of the Star of Jordan The Order of the Star of Jordan (Wisam al-Kawkab al-Urduni) or The Order of Hussein ibn Ali (Wisam al-Hussein ibn Ali) is an award and order of Jordan and is awarded for military or civil merit. It was founded in honour of his father, by King ...

Foreign Honours

* Netherlands: ** Order of Orange-Nassau ribbon - Knight Grand Cross

Dame Grand Cross of the

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(30.10.2006)PPE Agency, State visit of Jordan in Netherlands 2006
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References

1982 births Emerson College alumni House of Hashim Jordanian people of Iranian descent Jordanian princesses Recipients of the Order of The Star of Jordan Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau Living people People from Amman {{Jordan-bio-stub