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- Nearly 3 million viewers watched Queen Rania's videos between April and November 2008Ha'aretz: VIDEO / Jordan's Queen Rania wins YouTube Visionary Award (November 29, 2008)
- Award video is 1: 56
- Send in stereotypes until August 12, 2008
- Born: August 31, 1970
- Queen of Jordan
- Birth Name: Rania Al-Yassin
- Married to [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_II_of_Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan]
- Has 4 Children
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In April 2008, Queen Rania of Jordan launched a YouTube channel calling on the engagement in a global dialog of young people to help break down Arab stereotypes. Queen Rania encouraged people to send her any stereotypes and questions that a person might have about the Arab culture before August 12, 2008.
In November 2008, YouTube awarded Queen Rania a Visionary Award for launching the channel. She accepted the award in a ceremony for YouTube's first live broadcast.Ha'aretz: VIDEO / Jordan's Queen Rania wins YouTube Visionary Award (November 29, 2008)
Queen Rania's 10 Top Reasons for Creating a YouTube Channel
- Because suspicion, intolerance, and mistrust are driving us apart.
- Because if Madonna can get millions of hits cleaning the floor....
- Because what you know about Arabs shouldn't just come from Jack Bauer
- Because I couldn't get a camel on a skateboard
- Because I wouldn't have got past an audition in front of Simon Cowell
- Because my original idea of "Where the hell is her majesty?" had already been taken
- Because Barack Obama said "Yes We Can!" so I thought "So Can I!"
- Because I was tired of people thinking Jordan was just a basketball player
- Because anything Queen Elizabeth can do, I can do better
- Because I didn't have enough friends on Facebook
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Queen Rania YouTube Questions
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Is YouTube Down? 2 AnswersI saw a message on the site a couple of hours ago that they would be doing some maintenance beginning at 6:30 PM Pacific Time (about 1.5 hours ago), so that mus... read more -
What is the commmenting limit on YouTube? 1 AnswerThere is no limit to the amount you can post. If you do post a large amount of comments within a short amount of time, you are required to type in a CAPTCHA to... read more -
What is the funnest video on YouTube? (you know you can put in a YouTube URL and it embeds right!?!?) 47 AnswersWhere the Hell is Matt! (2008) for sure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY ... read more
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