Princess Of Jordan Aisha

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Jordanian princess and a major general in the Jordanian military, who became the first female in the Middle East to receive her parachutist wings after completing five military parachute jumps. She is currently assigned as the defense attaché with the Jordanian embassy to the United States. Aisha is the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan and the twin sister of Princess Zein. Her parents are Princess Muna al-Hussein and King Hussein. Since 1996, she has taken part in several conferences by the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women. She is a member of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue and serves as a Jordanian expert in the internationally staffed NATO Human Factors and Medicine Research Task Group 140, on psychological, organizational and cultural aspects of terrorism, in all matters military and civilian. In 1990, Aisha married Zeid Saadedine Juma in Amman, and the couple later divorced. She currently resides in the United States of America and has a son Aoun Juma, born on 27 May 1992 and a younger daughter, Muna Juma born on 18 July 1996. On 27 January 2016, Princess Aisha married Ashraf Banayoti (born Edward Banayoti). He took the Muslim name Ashraf Banayoti when he converted to Islam. HRH Princess Aisha Bint Al Hussein and Ashraf Banayoti divorced later in 2016. Link to Wikipedia biography