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King Abdullah with orphans in Amman in February 1999. AFP
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King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan playing with a little boy on a visit to the Hussein Foundation for orphans in Amman in November 2003. AFP
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King Abdullah and Queen Rania visit a school in Amman in October 2005. AFP
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King Abdullah and Queen Rania visit a young patient as they mark the expansion of the King Hussein Cancer Centre in Amman. AFP
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The Jordanian King chats to a child at the cancer centre in Amman in January 2002. AFP
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King Abdullah carryies a box containing ready meals on his visit to the Northern Command in Ajloun, part of national effort to deliver goods to citizens caught in the snowstorms in December 2013. AFP
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The Jordanian royals visit a government school for the blind in Amman in October 2007. AFP
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King Abdullah visits a wounded Chinese citizen at a hospital in Amman in November 2005. Three Chinese were killed and one wounded in suicide attacks in the city. AFP
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King Abdullah and Queen Rania wish children at an Amman orphanage a happy Ramadan in October 2006. AFP
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King Abdullah with orphans in Amman in February 1999. AFP
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King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan playing with a little boy on a visit to the Hussein Foundation for orphans in Amman in November 2003. AFP
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King Abdullah and Queen Rania visit a school in Amman in October 2005. AFP
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King Abdullah and Queen Rania visit a young patient as they mark the expansion of the King Hussein Cancer Centre in Amman. AFP
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The Jordanian King chats to a child at the cancer centre in Amman in January 2002. AFP
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King Abdullah carryies a box containing ready meals on his visit to the Northern Command in Ajloun, part of national effort to deliver goods to citizens caught in the snowstorms in December 2013. AFP
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The Jordanian royals visit a government school for the blind in Amman in October 2007. AFP
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King Abdullah visits a wounded Chinese citizen at a hospital in Amman in November 2005. Three Chinese were killed and one wounded in suicide attacks in the city. AFP
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King Abdullah and Queen Rania wish children at an Amman orphanage a happy Ramadan in October 2006. AFP
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King Abdullah with orphans in Amman in February 1999. AFP
King and queen of Jordan share $1m human fraternity award with Haiti foundation
Joint winners of Zayed Award for Human Fraternity will use funds to further their work
Shireena Al Nowais
25 February, 2022
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