Early Life
Dina was born in Cairo, Egypt, to 'Abdu'l-Hamid bin Muhammad 'Abdu'l-Aziz and Fakhria Brav. She was entitled to use the honorific sharifa of Mecca as an agnatic descendant of Hasan ibn Ali and was a third cousin to her father-in-law, King Talal. Her father and uncles claimed a waqf that consisted of nearly 2000 feddans.
Read more about this topic: Dina Bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid
Famous quotes containing the words early and/or life:
“For with this desire of physical beauty mingled itself early the fear of death—the fear of death intensified by the desire of beauty.”
—Walter Pater 1839–1894, British writer, educator. originally published in Macmillan’s Magazine (Aug. 1878)
“Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)