Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan speech at the UN General Assembly. Observers speculated the Crown Prince will start to play a more prominent role in Jordan and abroad. The Crown Prince's Instagram account has more than 1.6 million followers as of November 2018; he posts pictures that showcase his hobbies, which include reading, playing football, motorcycling and playing the guitar. Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan Hussein bin Abdullah (, "Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbdullāh"; born 28 June 1994) is the heir apparent of King Abdullah II of Jordan. According to Hussein, he is a 42nd-generation direct descendant of Muhammad as he belongs to the Hashemite family, who
Hussein of Jordan Palestinian people", a diplomatic defeat for Hussein. The relationship between Jordan and the United States deteriorated when Jordan refused to join the Camp David Accords. The Accords formed the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and allowed the withdrawal of Israel from the Sinai. In 1978 Hussein went to Baghdad for the first time since 1958; there, he met Iraqi politician Saddam Hussein. When Saddam became president of Iraq in 1979, Hussein supported Saddam's Iran–Iraq War that stretched from 1980 to 1988. The relationship grew as Saddam provided Jordan with subsidized oil, and Jordan allowed Iraq to use the Port