Biography

Her Royal Highnesses has spoken on many topics at many local and international fora but her major speeches have addressed issues such as  Women and Minorities in Islam, Family and the Role of Women, Education, Special Education, Human Resource Development, Aid, Relief and Voluntary Services as well as Culture and Heritage. Locally, Her Royal Highness regularly gives the key note speeches at the Amman Baccalaureate School graduation ceremony.


Major Speeches by Her Royal Highness Princess Sarvath
Women and Minorities in Islam
Family and the Role of Women
Human Resource Development
Education and Special Education
Aid, Relief and Voluntary Services
Culture and Heritage
Others

 

HRH Princess Sarvath's speech at the ABS Gala Dinner marking Amman Baccalaureate School's 25th anniversary.

December 8th, 2006.


Women and Minorities in Islam


Address to the International Conference: Gender Mainstreaming and the MDG's
Islamabad, Pakistan
March 2005

International Woman's Day
Karachi, Pakistan
March 2004


Speech on "Women, Freedom and Democracy"
The Opening Ceremony at the Foundation of the Three Mediterranean Cultures in Seville, Spain
23 November 2001


Luncheon hosted by the Honourable John Kingston, Minister of Labour
Province of New Brunswick
May 1999

Mutualities-Britain and Islam
Royal Commonwealth Office in cooperation with the British Council
April 1999


Speech on 'Women and Minorities in Islam'
The American Enterprise Institute in Washington D.C.
December 1998


Lecture on 'Women in Islam'
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Foreign Policy Institute in Washington D.C.
December 1998

8th Lord Caradon Lecture
Bradford, UK
October 1998


Speech on 'Women in Islam: The Ideal and the Reality,'
The Tokyo Forum, Japan
May 1995


Speech entitled 'Can a Muslim Woman be a Modern Woman?'
The Islamic Heritage Society in New York
April 1993

Family and the Role of Women


Address to the Third General Meeting of the United Nations
Women's Guild of Jordan, Amman
January 1996


Address to the Salt Lake City World Conference of Cities, Local Government and Private Sector Partners on Families
Salt Lake City, USA
March 1995


Address on 'The Role of the Working Woman in Modern Industries in the Arab World'
Seminar held by the Amman Chamber of Industry
April 1993


Address on 'Poverty and Population: The Role of Women'
World Vision Washington Forum in Washington D.C.
April 1993


Address to the World NGO Forum
Launching of the International Year of the Family
Malta
November 1993


Speech delivered to the Rotary Club
Amman
November 1993

Human Resource Development


Key note speech delivered for a fundraising dinner
held by the Human Development Foundation of North America in Detroit, Michigan
December 1998

The Role of Working Woman in Modern Industries in the Arab World
Amman, Jordan
April 1997


Education and Special Education


Graduation Ceremony of the Class of 1999
George Mason High School Falls Church Virginia, USA
June 1999

Soroptimist International Federation Conference
Bournemouth, UK
October 1998

Shaw House School
Bradford, UK
October 1998


Address to the reception held by the Jordanian Osteoporosis Prevention Society
Amman
May 1998


Address to the Jordan University for Science and Technology
Irbid
May 1997


Speech delivered to the Middle East International Baccalaureate
Schools Association meeting
Amman
December 1996


Remarks made on the opening of the International Baccalaureate
Curriculum and Assessment Offices
Cardiff, Wales
October 1996


Address to the annual general meeting of Channing School
United Kingdom
October 1996


Address at the graduation ceremony of New Brunswick Community College
Saint John, Canada
June 1996


Address to the 28th annual meeting of the Council of Foundation
of the International Baccalaureate Organisation
Amman
April 1996


Opening remarks for the Palliative Care Course
Al-Malath Foundation and WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Amman
June 1995


Speech at the opening of the Amman Baccalaureate School sport complex
Amman
November 1994


Address to the Second International Symposium on
Communication Disorders
Amman
May 1993


Address to the Port Regis School
United Kingdom
July 1992


Speech on 'Stimulating Complementary Actions by Governments,
NGOs and UN Agencies to Ensure Equal Educational Opportunities for the Girl Child'
Conference on Education for All Girls: A Human Right, A Social Gain
NGO Committee on UNICEF in New York
April 1992


UNICEF
Amman, Jordan
1991


Speech on 'Turning Points' at the American Community School graduation
Amman
June 1991


Address at the inauguration of the International Baccalaureate Exams Office
Cardiff, Wales
September 1990


Speech at the International Baccalaureate Conference
Amman
March 1990


Speech at the meeting of the Council of Foundation of the International
Baccalaureate Organisation
Geneva
1986


Opening speech for the International Baccalaureate Organisation
Subject Workshops
Amman
November 1985

Aid, Relief and Voluntary Services


Statement of appreciation delivered to the Young Muslim Women's
Association

Amman
September 1997


Speech on the occasion of the opening of the Red Crescent Hospital
Amman
September 1996


Address to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in Service
Amman
July 1996


Address to the seminar on Disaster Preparedness
Amman
October 1995


Speech at the meeting of the Arab Executive of Red Crescent Societies
and International Red Cross Societies
Amman
April 1994


Speech for a relief coordination during the Gulf Crisis 'A Jordanian
Perspective'
held by the Refugee Studies Programme in Oxford
March 1993


Welcome address to the International Youth Camp of the Jordanian Red
Crescent
Amman
August 1993


Culture and Heritage


Briefing on 'Petra - Jordan's City in the Rock,'
National Geographic Society in Washington D.C.
December 1998


Speech on 'Islam and Human Rights' at the Calligraphy Exhibition
International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent
Amman
November 1994


Message delivered at the opening of the Wilfred Thesiger
Photographic Exhibition
Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford
June 1993


Others

Opening of the Exhibition of the Culture of the Abbey of St. Gall
RCC/Amman, Jordan
June 2000

Opening of the National Geographic Society Exhibition
Washington, USA
December 1999
 

 

 
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