Excitement has gripped Jordan over the royal wedding between Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif. Preparations for the nightlong celebrations are underway. Follow live updates.
Crown Prince Hussein attends a celebration in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, a day before his wedding to Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif. Crown Prince Hussein attends a celebration in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, a day before his wedding to Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif. Excitement has gripped Jordan over the royal wedding and preparations for the nightlong celebrations are underway.
Vendors capitalized on the wedding fever, hawking Jordanian flags, posters of the betrothed and the red-and-white checkered shemagh fabric traditionally worn by the Hashemites to those excited enough to get an early start. “She looks like such a princess that I think she deserves him,” Suhair Afaneh, a 37-year-old businesswoman, said of the bride, lingering in front of a portrait of Hussein in a dark suit.
“But so what, I’ll still be in love with him.”She contemplated buying Hussein’s portrait to hang in her bedroom but her nieces persuaded her that her husband might not approve.
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