Mariam Bint Ali, a personal friend of Amel Al Gailani, the author, is of Hashimite origin, but her ancestors settled in India. After a brilliant military career, her father was upr...ver maisMariam Bint Ali, a personal friend of Amel Al Gailani, the author, is of Hashimite origin, but her ancestors settled in India. After a brilliant military career, her father was uprooted for refusing to partake in the genocide in Bangladesh. Born in Canada, she has lived in Jordan since she was eighteen.ver menos