Jordanian royal couple reunite with Brunei royals in London

Jordan’s Prince Hussein and his wife, Princess Rajwa, are pictured in London with Brunei’s Prince Abdul Mateen and his wife, Princess Anisha Rosnah. (Instagram/@alhusseinjo)
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Updated 29 January 2025
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Jordanian royal couple reunite with Brunei royals in London

LONDON: Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II and Princess Rajwa Al-Hussein had a heartwarming reunion with longtime friends Prince of Brunei Abdul Mateen and his wife, Princess Yang Mulia Anisha Rosnah, in London this week.

The crown prince and Prince Abdul Mateen both trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

 

 

Crown Prince Hussein took to Instagram to celebrate the reunion. In the photo, Saudi-born Princess Rajwa looked stylish in a sleek, all-black ensemble, while Princess Anisha was dressed in a pale blue tweed blazer and black trousers.

“With our dear friends Prince Abdul Mateen and Princess Anisha Rosnah of Brunei,” Crown Prince Hussein captioned the post.

The meeting took place during Crown Prince Hussein’s private diplomatic visit to the UK, where Prince William welcomed the Jordanian royal to Windsor Castle.

Crown Prince Hussein shared images of their reunion, writing: "With my dear friend His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, at Windsor Castle today." 

 

 

Prince William, 42, added: "Welcoming The Crown Prince of Jordan, Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, to Windsor this morning." 

Mateen, 33, and Anisha Rosnah, 30, tied the knot in a lavish 10-day wedding in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, in January 2024. The princess wore a gown by Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad at the wedding reception.

Meanwhile, Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa tied the knot in June 2023. The royal couple welcomed a baby daughter, Princess Iman, last August.

In 2023, Prince Mateen and his father Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah attended Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa's wedding in Jordan.


Director Kaouther Ben Hania rejects Berlin honor over Gaza

Updated 20 February 2026
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Director Kaouther Ben Hania rejects Berlin honor over Gaza

DUBAI: Kaouther Ben Hania, the Tunisian filmmaker behind “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” refused to accept an award at a Berlin ceremony this week after an Israeli general was recognized at the same event.

The director was due to receive the Most Valuable Film award at the Cinema for Peace gala, held alongside the Berlinale, but chose to leave the prize behind.

On stage, Ben Hania said the moment carried a sense of responsibility rather than celebration. She used her remarks to demand justice and accountability for Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza in 2024, along with two paramedics who were shot while trying to reach her.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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“Justice means accountability. Without accountability, there is no peace,” Ben Hania said.

“The Israeli army killed Hind Rajab; killed her family; killed the two paramedics who came to save her, with the complicity of the world’s most powerful governments and institutions,” she said.

“I refuse to let their deaths become a backdrop for a polite speech about peace. Not while the structures that enabled them remain untouched.”

Ben Hania said she would accept the honor “with joy” only when peace is treated as a legal and moral duty, grounded in accountability for genocide.