Comments on: Queen Rania Drops In Forbes Ranking

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:05:37 +0000

Haha spoke too soon, Livini may move to number one on that list if she becomes Israeli PM in the next election.

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:49:26 +0000

Out of the 100, most are corporate so they’re not exactly household names. I took the time to list the women I’ve actually heard of, and only found 14. What is Livni doing here ?

1 Angela Merkel
7 Condy Rice
28 Hillary clinton
35 Nancy Pelosi
36 Oprah Winfrey
38 Aung San Suu Kyi
44 Laura Bush
52 Tzipora Livni
58 Queen Elizabeth II
62 Katie Couric
63 Barbara Walters
65 Diane Sawyer
91 Christiane Amanpour
96 Queen Rania

By: rumzi

rumzi — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:51:44 +0000

What do you think goes on her business card(does HM need one)?

“Queen, The”?

By: Nada

Nada — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:25:38 +0000

I think its funny that she is the only one with no last name!

By: kinzi

kinzi — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:09:35 +0000

I agree with Muhammed Arabi. In the US recently, when talking with Joan-at-Wal*Mart kindof of Americans, Queen Rania was their association to Jordan. It used to be Queen Noor because she was American, but now it is Queen Rania. But women call her ‘beautiful’, where men call her ‘hot’, as Sec’s prof did. Ya haram .

I wonder if this study was before her YouTube presentations, and if Forbes deciders are too old to be YouTube aware. She may not be making governmental decisions that have international impact, but as far as infusing a better and more positive understanding of Arabs and Muslims, she is #1. Influence=power, too.

By: secratea

secratea — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:11:51 +0000

well, after being informed that i was from Jordan, my Russian Lit. professor today was like, “you’ve got a hot queen over there!”… blink blink.. LOL
for some –not really– odd reason, i felt a bit offended afterward!

By: asoom

asoom — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:20:34 +0000

are those rankings annual?

She hasn’t been on Oprah lately so that’s what I’m attributing the descend to

By: Muhammad Arrabi

Muhammad Arrabi — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:37:14 +0000

possibly her “perceived” impact is less, but I think her influence has increased. For example, it’s widely believed that her presentation at Google’s Zeitgeist Conference Europe 2008 was one of the main reasons to persuade Google to open their Middle East Development Center in Amman vs. Cairo.

Furthermore, her Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship is also playing a major role in producing successful starts in Jordan (even though the Center’s achievements are not those of Queen Rania alone).

presentation text:
http://www.queenrania.jo/content/fromThePress.aspx?ModuleOrigID=spch&searchTitle=&yearFrom=0&monthFrom=&searchCountry=0&searchCity=&searchOrder=0&showMore=more&itemID=1979

thanks for sharing.

By: Simon Columbus

Simon Columbus — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:39:48 +0000

It’s always funny to see “Angie” on the top. As a German I must say I don’t remember her doing anything impressive. And I would always exchange Merkel with all her importance (and the cabinet, of course) for Rania (without the monarchy, of course).