The rocky crags of Jordan may be better known for Petra and the Dead Sea than they are for technology start-ups, but Amman, Jordan's capital, is on the edge of a tech boom as the internet takes off in the Middle East.

Once a provincial backwater, the Jordanian port town of Aqaba is in the midst of a vast regeneration programme that will reposition it as the 'gateway to the Levant'.

In our regular series on decoding power dressing in the world of politics, we look at the attitude - and accessories - of Queen Rania of Jordan.