 He
is cousin to the late King Faisal II, his father is Sharif AlHussein
bin Ali, and his mother is Princess Badia, daughter of King Ali
bin Hussein I and aunt of the late King Faisal II. His grandfather
was uncle to King Faisal I and was Prince of Mecca until 1908.
Sharif Ali bin AlHussein was born in Baghdad in 1956. He had
a modern education (Lebanese high school, British MA in economics)and
a thorough understanding of Islamic and Arabic cultures. At
the same time Sharif Ali has remained aloof from partisan Iraqi
politics, neverfavoring one party over any other. He has always
kept an eye on events in the homeland, while maintaining his unswerving
opposition to tyrants, usurpers and puppets. He has a very
sound knowledge of Iraq’s modern history and its back-ground, and
has complete trust in the ability of the people to achieve salvation,
recovery and prosperity.
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