Yesterday, we reported that Angelina Jolie and her oldest kid Maddox were photographed at LAX, headed off for parts unknown. Actually, the rumor going around was that Jolie was taking her son to France. But now that’s shot down! Multiple sources are confirming that Angie and Maddox headed off to Jordan, so that she can attend the Arab Children’s Congress in Amman. According to one of In Touch Weekly’s sources, Angelina and Maddox will be staying with Her Majesty Queen Noor, and Jolie will be a guest of honor at the event:
Humanitarian and actress Angelina Jolie departed for Amman, Jordan, on July 20 with her eldest son, Maddox, to attend the 24th annual Arab Children’s Congress.
Angelina, who has been a supporter of the foundation for years and is a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador, will be a guest of honor at the event.
An insider tells In Touch, “She will be staying with Her Majesty Queen Noor, who is a good friend of hers.” The event lasts until July 25.
[From In Touch Weekly]
This isn’t the first time Angelina has attended the Arab Children’s Congress – she was also in attendance in 2004, and I think she’s gone at least one other time. Throughout the years, Angelina has made several stops in Jordan, most recently in February of last year, when she was pregnant with the twins. At that time, she was traveling through Jordan to get to the refugee camps on the Jordanian-Iraqi border, and then she went on to make a USO trip in Baghdad.
I’m not sure if I buy that Angelina and Queen Noor are BFFs, but I’ll buy that they are probably friendly, and have a lot of respect for each other. Honestly, I thought Angelina knew Queen Rania a lot better – they’ve done events together over the years. They’re around the same age, they both have packs of kids, and they have similar charitable/humanitarian interests. Queen Rania is also pretty tight with Natalie Portman – they both work on international microfinancing projects.
UPDATE: I’m sorry about the earlier Queen Noor & Queen Rania confusion. I just had a brainfart. My bad.
Angelina Jolie is shown at LAX airport on 7/21/09 with Maddox. Credit: WENN.com
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