Her Royal Highness Princess Rym Al Ali (formerly Rym Ibrahimi) is the daughter of the Algeria-born diplomat, Al Akhdar Brahimi. She was married to HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein on September 7th 2004.

Princess Rym was born in Egypt, and raised in Great Britain and Algeria as stipulated by her father’s diplomatic career. She was educated in France and the United States, obtaining a BA in Geography and an MA in English Literature from the Sorbonne University in Paris, from where she graduated with honors in 1990.

In 1991, Princess Rym completed a MPhil in Political Science and International Affairs, specializing in Arab World Affairs, and in 1993 accomplished PhD course certificates in Political Science and International Affairs at the Political Science Institute in Paris. In 1994, Princess Rym obtained a Masters Degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, concentrating on International Reporting.

Early in her career, Princess Rym was an intern at the United Nations Bureau, the French Ministry of Finance, and the International Desk of Le Monde, Paris. She pursues a career in media that has been extended to the United Nations Bureaus of the BBC World Service, the United Press International, Dubai TV, Bloomberg International, and CNN (London). Among the TV and magazine interviews carried out by Princess Rym were interviews with the former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali (when in office), Haitian President Rene Preval, the late Yasser Arafat, James Baker, Henry Kissinger and Tareq Aziz, along with other prominent Arab and world figures.

HRH Princess Rym now resides with her husband HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein at their Home in Amman, Jordan.