Family
She married the king in a private ceremony on 24 December 1972, and was titled Queen Alia al Hussein (Arabic: علياء الحسين).
They had two children:
- Princess Haya, born 3 May 1974
- Prince Ali, born 23 December 1975
They also adopted Abir, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl whose mother had been killed by a plane crash at a refugee camp near the Amman airport.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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