Princess Salma of Jordan celebrated her 26th birthday on Sept. 26, and the timing couldn’t be more fitting. The third of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania ‘s four children has long been the quiet one, content to let her older brother, Crown Prince Hussein, command the headlines. Lately, that’s started to change, and she isn’t doing it alone. Her younger brother, 21-year-old Prince Hashem, has been right there with her, proving himself just as valuable an asset to the Jordanian crown.

The clearest sign of the shift came this summer. When King Abdullah made a state visit to China in August, Salma and Hashem were both part of his delegation. Over…

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