In 1920, her father Faisal was proclaimed king of Syria, and his spouse and children moved into the new established royal palace in Damascus.

In 1921, the British government decided to put Faisal as king of the new Kingdom of Iraq, over which they had an international mandate.

[2] Bell arranged for the Circassian Madame Jaudet Beg to be named lady-in-waiting or mistress of ceremonies to the queen, and for Miss Fairley, the English governess to the crown prince, to instruct the princesses in European etiquette.

King Faisal did not feel it be politically wise for the queen and princesses to participate in public life in the Western manner.

Queen Huzaima and her daughters lived secluded in purdah in the Harthiya villa and did not appear in public or in any mixed-gender company.

When her cousin Prince Abd al-Ilah visited Rome in 1945, she reconciled with her family, and settled in Jerusalem.