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Queen Noor of Jordan

Noor
Queen Noor Jordan 2011.jpg
Queen Noor in 2011
Queen consort of Jordan
Tenure 15 June 1978 – 7 February 1999
Born Lisa Najeeb Halaby
(1951-08-23) 23 August 1951 (age 65)
Washington, D.C., United States
Spouse Hussein of Jordan
(m. 1978–99; his death)
Issue
Full name
Noor Al-Hussein
Father Najeeb Halaby
Mother Doris Carlquist
Religion
Full name
Noor Al-Hussein
Jordanian royal family
Coat of arms of Jordan.svg

HM The King
HM The Queen


HM Queen Noor


HM The King
HM The Queen

HM Queen Noor

Princess Dina

HRH Princess Muna

HRH Prince Muhammad
HRH Princess Taghrid

HRH Princess Firyal

HRH Prince Hassan
HRH Princess Sarvath

HRH Princess Basma

HRH Prince Ali
HRH Princess Reema

HRH Prince Asem
HRH Princess Sana

Noor Al-Hussein (Arabic: الملكة نور‎‎; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby on 23 August 1951) is the American-born queen dowager of Jordan as the widow of King Hussein. She was his fourth spouse and queen consort between their marriage in 1978 and his death in 1999.

Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding and conflict prevention and recovery issues such as refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.

She is the longest-standing member of the Board of Commissioners of the International Commission on Missing Persons. As of 2011, she is president of the United World Colleges movement and an advocate of the anti-nuclear weapons proliferation campaign Global Zero. In 2015, Queen Noor received the Woodrow Wilson Award for her public service.


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