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Minister of Transport of Jordan (2010–2011); Minister of Transport of Jordan (2009–2010); Minister of Transport of Jordan (2007–2009); Minister of Public Works and Housing of Jordan (2007–2009)."},{"q":"Where did Alaa Batayneh study?","a":"Alaa Batayneh was educated at Georgetown University, George Washington University."}],"related":[{"name":"Nader Al-Dahabi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nader-al-dahabi"},{"name":"Lina Shabib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lina-shabib"},{"name":"Lina Annab","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lina-annab"},{"name":"Reem Abu Hassan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/reem-abu-hassan"},{"name":"Atta Elayyan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/atta-elayyan"},{"name":"Iman Mutlaq","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/iman-mutlaq"},{"name":"Majd Shweikeh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/majd-shweikeh"},{"name":"Mohy Quandour","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohy-quandour"},{"name":"Tareq Khouri","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tareq-khouri"},{"name":"Zahi Khouri","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zahi-khouri"},{"name":"Ziyad Manasir","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ziyad-manasir"},{"name":"Ali Ghandour","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-ghandour"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/alaa-batayneh-4c0bbb9cb5.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Maryland GovPics","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alaa_Batayneh_(54021433476).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Alaa Batayneh","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaa_Batayneh","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q4705122","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4705122","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Alaa Batayneh (54021433476).jpg by Maryland GovPics (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alaa_Batayneh_(54021433476).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Alaa Batayneh, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Alaa Batayneh (54021433476).jpg — Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Alaa Batayneh\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/alaa-batayneh. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/alaa-batayneh","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/alaa-batayneh","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/alaa-batayneh?lang=ne"}}