{"id":129,"date":"2008-12-03T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T09:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/12\/queen-rania-of-jordans-top-ten.html"},"modified":"2008-12-03T09:55:29","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T09:55:29","slug":"queen-rania-of-jordans-top-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2008\/12\/queen-rania-of-jordans-top-ten.html","title":{"rendered":"Queen Rania of Jordan&#8217;s Top Ten list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JPcw3fLeBHM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JPcw3fLeBHM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Queen Rania of Jordan is just the coolest head of state ever. She was nominated for a YouTube Visionary Award, so she spoofed David Letterman to accept, poke a little fun at herself, and promote her ongoing message of cultural tolerance and peace. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/QueenRania\">Her YouTube Channel<\/a> is actually pretty entertaining and thought-provoking at the same time, so check it out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Rania of Jordan is just the coolest head of state ever. She was nominated for a YouTube Visionary Award, so she spoofed David Letterman to accept, poke a little fun at herself, and promote her ongoing message of cultural tolerance and peace. 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