Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida Talal of Jordan is the founder and Chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF) and Center (KHCC). For the past 25 years, she has led and overseen this internationally-accredited cancer center which has treated over 70,000 patients. Under Princess Ghida’s leadership, KHCF/KHCC have become Jordan’s largest charitable organization, pioneering life-saving awareness and early detection efforts in Jordan, and becoming a national and regional reference for oncologic training and capacity-building.

A longtime advocate of cancer research, Princess Ghida established the King Hussein Award for Cancer Research in 2020, with the goal of strengthening cancer research efforts focused on the Arab world. She also prioritizes raising awareness around mental health, and ensuring universal cancer coverage in Jordan. Princess Ghida’s international advocacy work includes representing Jordan in 2011 and 2018 at the United Nations by addressing the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

Princess Ghida earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and serves on the Board of its Master of Science in Foreign Service program. She is an honorary trustee of the Board of the Institute of International Education (IIE), which she first joined in October 2013. Princess Ghida helped launch IIE’s Iraq Scholar Rescue Project, and her efforts earned her IIE’s Humanitarian Award for International Cooperation in 2008. In 2021, she received Lebanon’s state medal and Jordan’s Medal of Independence for her work against cancer.

Princess Ghida was born Ghida Salaam to a leading political family in Lebanon. Prior to her work against cancer, Princess Ghida pursued a career in journalism. She married HRH Prince Talal Bin Muhammad of Jordan in 1991, and is the mother of three children: Hussein, Rajaa and Muhammad.