Rania, 31 and a mother of three, brings a no-nonsense business background to her work.
What sets Queen Rania apart from other first ladies in the region is her egalitarian relationship with her husband.
Having control over your meals is key, insists Rania Mekary, a nutrition specialist at the Harvard School of Public Health.
However, Councillor Rania Khan, Tower Hamlets' cabinet member for culture said they were being "judged rather harshly by the art world".
Rania Bossonis, Bellydance's Greek aerobics instructor, contends that ethnic exercise is more of a social elixir than the fads kickboxing and aerobics.
Queen Rania Al Abdullah (No. 76), monarch of Jordan, has focused this year on bridging gaps between the U.S. and the Middle East.
Her photograph was often published, usually next to that of lithe beauty Queen Rania of Jordan, another Western-styled fashion icon with a busy public calendar.
In 1995, when she was a princess, Rania founded the Jordan River Foundation , which promotes economic opportunities for women through micro-finance and job training.
Queen Rania may be light-hearted in some of her approaches, but she is very serious when it comes to revitalizing education in the Middle East.
It is exactly this willingness to set aside her royal image and interact with the public that her fans say has shown Queen Rania's dedication to bringing about change.
Abdullah's wife Rania, 28, is expected to be named queen soon, but that shouldn't be a problem: Noor shared the title with Hussein's mother Queen Zein until she died in 1994.
Her Majesty Queen Rania joined the discussion on the second day, stressing the need to support the aspirations of the youth and to empower them to compete in the workplace, regionally and globally.
"If you don't, you're not giving them the same courtesy as other employees, you're treating them worse, " says Rania Sedhom, regional leader of the labor relations and employee benefits practice of the consulting firm BDO Seidman.
Queen Rania of Jordan, co-chair of 1GOAL, Kailash Satyarthi, president of the Global Campaign for Education, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of the World Bank made statements at the event.
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