Where did King Hussein of Jordan grow up and live?

📍Al-Hummar, Amman, Jordan

1935 – 1999

“I was born Hussein bin Talal on the 14th of November 1935 in Amman, the son of King Talal of Jordan and Princess Zein al-Sharaf. I became King of Jordan at seventeen after my father's abdication, and I governed for forty-six years until my death in 1999. Jordan was and is a small state surrounded by larger powers in permanent conflict, and my life's work was keeping it alive — navigating between Israel, the Palestinians, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the great powers with the limited leverage a small kingdom possesses. I made peace with Israel in 1994. I was the Arab leader most trusted by the Israelis and most respected by the Palestinians, which means I satisfied neither fully. Amman — its hills, its Roman ruins, its Palestinian refugee camps — was the city I governed from and loved.”

👍 LovedThe forty-six years of keeping Jordan alive between hostile neighbours. The 1994 peace treaty with Israel. The personal diplomacy that made Jordan a voice for moderation.

👎 DislikedThe 1967 war and the loss of the West Bank. Black September 1970 and the expulsion of the PLO. The impossible position of a moderate in an immoderate region.

Map showing where King Hussein of Jordan lived — Al-Hummar, Amman, Jordan

🗺️ Approximate location today

Street view of King Hussein of Jordan's home at Al-Hummar, Amman, Jordan

📍 Street view today

Sources: Ashton, N. King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life (2008), Yale University Press; Hussein, King. Uneasy Lies the Head (1962), Heinemann