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'''Princess Haya bint Al Hussein''' (born [[Amman]], [[Jordan]], 1974 - ) Sheikha of Dubai, is the junior wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of [[Dubai]], one of former King Hussein I of Jordan's daughters and sister of the current King of Jordan Abdullah II. Princess Haya is an outstanding sportswoman, competing even in the 2000 [[Olympic Games]]. She has been President of the International Equestrian Federation (2006 - 2010), UN Messenger of Peace (2007), and is engaged in several humanitarian activities.  
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'''Princess Haya bint Al Hussein''' (born [[Amman]], [[Jordan]], 1974 - ) Sheikha of Dubai, is the junior wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of [[Dubai]], one of late [[King Hussein I]] of Jordan's daughters and sister of the current King of Jordan Abdullah II. Princess Haya is an outstanding sportswoman, competing even in the 2000 [[Olympic Games]]. She has been President of the International Equestrian Federation (2006 - 2010), UN Messenger of Peace (2007), and is engaged in several humanitarian activities.  
    
Princess Haya has underlined the need to use sport as a cost-effective tool to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improve the lives of the world’s poorest people by 2015... She highlighted that poverty is no longer a problem restricted to a particular country or nation; that even the developed world is not immune.  
 
Princess Haya has underlined the need to use sport as a cost-effective tool to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improve the lives of the world’s poorest people by 2015... She highlighted that poverty is no longer a problem restricted to a particular country or nation; that even the developed world is not immune.  
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== Marriage and children ==
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It is said that she has the nobility of his father and the beauty of her mother Queen Alia al-Hussein.
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Today, I look at my daughter and I think, "Oh my God! My mother loved me this much!" It was always something that I wanted to quantify. I kept thrashing around trying to figure it out. In time, the answer came. My father always used to say, “Your mother would have been so proud of you.” And today, I realise that a lot of my character must come from her. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1103014/Princess-Haya-Jordan-A-modern-Arabian-tale.html]
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== Marriage and child ==
    
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The lavish wedding took place on April 10, 2004 at the Al Baraka Palace in Amman. At present they have a daughter, AlJalila, born December 2, 2007 in Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed also is married to  Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Jumaa al Maktoum, his senior wife since 1979.  
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The lavish wedding of Princess Haya and Sheikh Mohammed took place on April 10, 2004 at the Al Baraka Palace in Amman. At present they have a daughter, Al Jalila, born December 2, 2007 in Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed also is married to  Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Jumaa al Maktoum, his senior wife since 1979.  
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* [http://top-10-list.org/2009/07/17/top-10-lavish-weddings/ Top 10 Lavish Weddings.]
 
* [http://top-10-list.org/2009/07/17/top-10-lavish-weddings/ Top 10 Lavish Weddings.]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO2cCJjiSVA Princess Haya talks about the situation in Gaza]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO2cCJjiSVA Princess Haya talks about the situation in Gaza]
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* [http://www.teamharmony.net/ Princess Haya] Team harmony.
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* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1103014/Princess-Haya-Jordan-A-modern-Arabian-tale.html A modern Arabian tale.] By Louette Harding, The Daily Mail.
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