Middle East News
Prince Alwaleed at media summit
In photo below: Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed bin Talal (right) greets media mogul Rupert Murdoch at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Media Summit today in Abu Dhabi. (Photo by Karl Jeffs/Getty Images. Photo provided by PicApp)
Royal opening for university in Jordan
Below: Jordan’s Queen Rania and three Saudi royals — Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, and Prince Turki Bin Talal — at the February 24 opening ceremony for the Arab Open University in Amman, Jordan. (Photo: REUTERS/Ali Jarekji)
Princess Haya presents tennis trophies
Venus Williams accepted her winner’s trophy from Princess Haya, wife of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, at the WTA Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships on February 20. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images. Photo provided by PicApp)
Queen Rania at music festival in Italy
Queen Rania of Jordan attended the 60th Sanremo Music Festival at the Ariston Theater in Sanremo, Italy on February 17. (Photos by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM. Photos from Newscom. Photos provided by PicApp)
Hillary Clinton & Saudi king joke about camels
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah met U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Riyadh yesterday. According to a New York Times report, the two watched TV while eating lunch at the king’s desert camp.
The New York Times also reported that Clinton jokingly told the king that Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal “thinks camels are ugly.” The king replied, “I think His Highness was not being fair to camels.”
(Photo: REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/Handout)
Qatar’s crown prince visits France
The president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy (left), received Qatar’s Crown Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (right) at the Elysee Palace in Paris on February 3. The prince has reportedly received received France’s Legion of Honor. (Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM. Photo provided by PicApp)
