page_title: Dina bint Abdul-Hamid
hierarchical_section_title: Dina bint Abdul-Hamid
caption_attribution_description: English: Queen Dina (Sharifa Dina bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid) official photo taken and use for promotional reasons
context_page_description: Sharifa Dina bint Abdul-Hamid was a Hashemite princess and the Queen of Jordan from 1955 until 1957 as the first wife of King Hussein. She was the mother to Hussein's oldest child, Princess Alia bint Hussein. She and the king were married from 1955 to 1957, and in 1970 she married a high-ranking official in the PLO. She was a graduate of Cambridge University and a past lecturer in English literature at Cairo University.
context_section_description: Sharifa Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (Arabic: دينا بنت عبد الحميد‎; 15 December 1929 – 21 August 2019) was a Hashemite princess and the Queen of Jordan from 1955 until 1957 as the first wife of King Hussein. She was the mother to Hussein's oldest child, Princess Alia bint Hussein. She and the king were married from 1955 to 1957, and in 1970 she married a high-ranking official in the  PLO. She was a graduate of Cambridge University and a past lecturer in English literature at Cairo University.
caption: Dina in the 1950s
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