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May 22, 2006
Queen Rania's full Oprah interview
The smart husband managed to get the full interview of Queen Rania on Oprah digitized and onto this blog. So for those interested, who either weren't able to see it or would like to see it again, it's all available here. It's about 19 minutes long. [The video is best enjoyed with a broadband connection, and could be pulled at any time. Right cick here (save target as) for the direct download link for the file. Thus far, this hasn't been converted into Flash, but blip.tv says their server will do it soon :0] Enjoy!
Okay, it's back up again and this time it's in Flash [Click to view]. It should even be capable of being podcast [gasp!]. As a flash movie the quality is not as great, so a WMV file will be loaded here for download only. And for those interested, Queen Rania did do Oprah once before, right after 9/11. This is the link to the transcript of that show.
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It seems it require Windows Media Player, those not using Windows won't be able to see it :(
Why not upload it to YouTube, or Google Video, or other services that play through Flash, so that everyone can see it.. pleeeese
Posted by: Isam Bayazidi | May 22, 2006 2:10:11 AM | Email this comment
This is Great,
And If you wish to download that video unto your PC here is the direct link:
http://33whitehall.video.blip.tv/uploadedFiles/Mayhem-QueenRaniasFullOprahInterview818.wmv
Thank you and God bless
:)
Posted by: bakkouz | May 22, 2006 2:18:47 AM | Email this comment
I think she looked stunning, but I think nothing really that significant was discussed. I really would have liked it if they had picked one topic and made it the main focus. The one topic here was a queen working for women in her country. That's really not new, and what do you get from that? A bunch of very general statements that you can use as quotes about educating a kid to educate your future, or judging people based on the inside and not the outside. These are general ideas that people have repeated for decades even in Jordan, they don't bring anything new really; and in Arabic "hada el 7aki ma be6a3mi khobez".
Why didn't Oprah ask about honor crimes and what the Queen's thoughts were about it? For God's sake Jordan is one of the most known countries for honor crimes (even though it might not be the country with the highest rate of them), how could the staff at Oprah miss that and not ask about it?
Posted by: Hamzeh N. | May 22, 2006 2:27:12 AM | Email this comment
Hamzeh, the reason that Oprah didn't touch on valid issues is because she is a shallow, self-absorbed individual. No offense to the Queen, but this interview really had little to do with Jordan (under the surface) and more to do with Oprah's ratings. Just look at the way Oprah's interrupts the Queen to interject her banal questions; it's clear that the Queen outclasses Oprah any day.
Posted by: David | May 22, 2006 2:37:58 AM | Email this comment
Thanks Natasha! and hubby as well:p
Bakkouz: Thanks for the link! quite easier to hande:D
Posted by: Ohoud | May 22, 2006 3:18:14 AM | Email this comment
I agree with Hamzeh. Oprah's questions are never terribly interesting & lightweight. When Oprah told Rania that she believed in the education of women, I rolled my eyes. I was expecting her to say next how she believed in the importance of inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide. :P
Posted by: Peter S. | May 22, 2006 3:30:22 AM | Email this comment
thanks for sharing :)
Posted by: raindrop | May 22, 2006 4:18:50 AM | Email this comment
Hi Natasha,
I hope you don't mind, I updated my article with the clip too
Posted by: قويدر | May 22, 2006 4:30:41 AM | Email this comment
That was good; thanks for posting the link. Queen is saying that women abuse in Jordan is a misconception; I find that as a disconnect from reality; but for the queen, maybe she is right because in her circle, she meets well respecting men !
The whole idea , from queen's perspective, was to portray a positive, beautiful picture about Jordan and life there, and I think she did a very good Job. She looked down to earth, and thats where everyone belongs anyway . For that women in the video clip, I am amazed how she is fond of American food and modern fasion even with open back ! wow ! Is that in Jordan ? On the pizza side, lady looked more American than Americans. Long live pizza ! Where is the falafel and hummos and manaasiff?
Posted by: jareer | May 22, 2006 5:57:20 AM | Email this comment
The video is running non-flash for the moment, that's true. they are supposed to update it to Flash at some point; somehow their server will convert it to Flash, although on a first come, first serve basis. So at some point, on their site it'll go Flash; hopefully soon. As to why not YouTube, well, that's where I went first but they flagged it as a violation because of copyright and pulled it within the first two minutes! So, for the moment, we are going with blip.tv :)
Posted by: Jeff | May 22, 2006 7:57:31 AM | Email this comment
Peter S....... your comments are right on.
Just like Larry King, Oprah is a softball artist when it comes to interviewing people.
What is the Queens birth country? Take care.
Posted by: Craig Turner | May 22, 2006 9:46:09 AM | Email this comment
obviously the jordanian bloggosphere is very interested in this interview, since it truely represents their complete removal from Jordanian reality and Jordan's true problems.
Posted by: hashmi hashmi | May 22, 2006 9:52:21 AM | Email this comment
Craig,
For your info, none of the royal family memebers since the foundation of the monarchy (starting with King Abdullah 1st, and ending with the current Abdullah)including all princes and princesses, never got married to Jordanians !
Posted by: jareer | May 22, 2006 9:55:39 AM | Email this comment
after downloading the video ...it's just oprah introducing and welcoming queen rania...but it's not the interview itself
Posted by: adel | May 22, 2006 12:35:29 PM | Email this comment
If that's all you got adel, then something is missing. The file should be about 80mb and it is a WMV file . If you only have the intro, I can only guess that it got cut off so that you only have the first 5-10 mb of the full 80mb file. See if you can try it again. I'm not wholly pleased with this service. They've promised to fast track the Flash version, but it's still not there. If that situation continues into after another 12 hours or so, I'll likely try another provider.
Posted by: Jeff | May 22, 2006 1:20:26 PM | Email this comment
Jareer, I don't think that's entirely true. What about Princess Nour; Prince Hamzeh's wife? Queen Alia? Queen Dina (was she ever called queen or just princess?). I thought they were all Jordanians.
Posted by: Hamzeh N. | May 22, 2006 3:20:55 PM | Email this comment
No my friend. None of the names you mentioned is Jordanian, good try.
Posted by: jareer | May 22, 2006 3:25:31 PM | Email this comment
Jareer, I'm almost 100% sure that at least Princess Nour (Prince Hamzeh's wife) is Jordanian. She's the grand daughter of Prince Nayef Bin Abdallah and to my knowledge her family has lived in Jordan before it even was called a country.
Do you know where all the names I mentioned were born?
Posted by: Hamzeh N. | May 22, 2006 6:27:12 PM | Email this comment
That documentary about women in Jordan was extremely disappointing! After talking about women empowerment, I expected to see women working to make ends meet. Instead, there were women in four wheel drives, luxury KGs, fancy reveiling dresses, pizza served in fancy kitchens, gyms, and a lady praying with her head covered after telling us that she and her husband dated for three years! oh, and the commercial about American cereals was something too! Who directed this?
Posted by: hope | May 23, 2006 6:57:55 AM | Email this comment
I didn’t like the interview and I don’t think that the Queen was down to earth , there are grounds to meet the Heads of State , kings and queens .
I never so the Queen of England or the queen of Sweden nor any Queen in the world comes in the Oprah show in the studio, but it seems to me that the Queen enjoying playing the role of Super Star .
Posted by: mohamad in sweden | May 23, 2006 1:15:00 PM | Email this comment
It's gone:
Queen Rania's full Oprah interview
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Posted by: RocketRay | May 23, 2006 4:19:39 PM | Email this comment
Don't worry Ray. It was enevitable. YouTube and Google kicked it off within minutes. It still surprises me that I can find all these jihadi videos on YouTube but you try and put up a piece of news and due to the constrictions of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) you get knocked off. That DMCA has them running so scared that jihadi videos stay on YouTube and Oprah gets bounced. See here for more.
I'll get it up again later this evening, so stay tuned.
Posted by: Jeff | May 23, 2006 4:44:49 PM | Email this comment
I think she looked stunning too and confident :) we all like her, but ya they didn't discuss much stuff it was like a normal talk! but anyway people this way might get the chance to know Jordan better
Posted by: Waleed | Jun 8, 2006 8:51:57 AM | Email this comment
I used to like Queen Rania, I really did, but more and more she strikes me as shallow and self-absorbed, but pretending to be really down-to-earth and concerned about world affairs. I think she revealed more than she intended when she said that when she first became queen, she'd speak at a function and think, "Are they really buying this?" She always dresses like a supermodel, tasteful but just a bit too stylish almost, and in recent appearances on the news during their US visit, she's had this the little self-satisfied smirk (saw it about 10 times during the Oprah interview) that kind of strikes me as, "Look at me, I'm so gorgeous and the princess of the world." I will say she whips out quotable one-liners ("Educate a woman and you educate a family;" or "The terrorists' worst nightmare is that we get along.") but the substance is lacking. I think she gets away with it because of her looks -- people expect her to be a complete idiot, and when they hear her speak articulately, they go to the other extreme and become overly impressed. More and more she comes across as great window-dressing with not too much underneath. And let's not forget, Jordan is a country with extreme poverty, yet she looks like she shops only in Milan or Paris. Of course royalty has to dress well, but it's a bit much, in my opinion. I think King Abdullah is much smarter, likable, and more dignified, but for some reason the media loves Rania and he's always in the background (that's truly down to earth, not appearing on Oprah, for goodness sake). But in Rania's defense, I'm sure she grew up as the prettiest girl around, with everyone catering to her, and then at only 22 or 23, met and married the king's son in only 4 or 5 months, so she probably can't help but be a little smug, even if she tries to hide it. Overall, I still like her, I just wish she'd cool it with all the photo ops and interviews.
Posted by: kerri | Jun 30, 2006 1:01:24 AM | Email this comment
Yo Kerri, I bet u're just jealous of Queen Rania huh?? I tell you what: Jordan is NOT a country with EXTREME poverty! I've lived there for several years, and although I could say that Jordan is a developing country, it's not poor at such an extreme level like u said. Hey, what's ur problem with her looking good and all that? My gurl, U're just full of envy!! And so what if she married King Abdullah in only 4 or 5 months??! It's normal in Islam.
Posted by: Dee | Nov 10, 2006 6:21:37 PM | Email this comment
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