His Royal Highness Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein was born on December 23,
1975 to HM Late King Hussein Bin Talal and HM Late Queen Alia Al
Hussein. Prince Ali attended various schools in Jordan, the United
Kingdom and the USA, graduating in 1993 from Salisbury School in
Connecticut, where He excelled in Sports, primarily wrestling, winning
State Championships.
After serving in the Jordanian Special Forces as a pathfinder and
earning his military freefall parachute wings, Prince Ali joined the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom and was
commissioned as an Officer in December 1994. At Sandhurst, Prince Ali
was awarded the Brunei Medal for Excellence, and was a boxer in the
British Army.
Following Sandhurst, Prince Ali studied the philosophy of politics and
religious mysticism at Princeton and Columbia University in the United
States. He also took a course in Islamic Sharia Law.
Prince Ali is President of the Jordan Football Association as well as
the West Asian Football Association. He founded the Jordan Parachute
Club before turning it over to Prince Hamzah. He is also the Honoray
President of the Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein Club for the Deaf-Mute and
Al-Jeel Al-Jadeed Club.
Prince Ali is fluent in Arabic, English and Circassian languages.
His hobbies include, skydiving, scuba diving, snow and water skiing,
martial arts, rock climbing and horseback riding (in 1998 He led a
team of Jordanian Circassians on horseback through Syria and Turkey to
their ancestral homeland in the Northern Caucasus). Prince Ali also
enjoys studying history, primarily Medieval Islamic History, as well
as reading and writing poetry.
Prince Ali holds the Al-Kawkab decoration of the first degree as well
as a number of foreign decorations, including a British Knighthood. He
has also served as Regent to HM King Abdullah II.
Prince Ali holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Jordanian Arab
Army, and commands His Majesty King Abdullah's Special Security Unit
of the Royal Guards. Prince Ali is the Chief Commissioner of the Royal
Jordanian Film Commission.
Prince Ali married Miss
Rym Ibrahimi
on September 7, 2004, and they currently reside together
at their home in Amman, Jordan.
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