Elizabeth Najeeb Halaby
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Queen Noor in 2011
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| Queen consort of Jordan | |||||
| Tenure | 15 June 1978 – 7 February 1999 | ||||
| Born | Lisa Najeeb Halaby 23 August 1951 Washington, D.C., United States |
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Hussein of Jordan (m. 1978–99; his death) |
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| Father | Najeeb Halaby | ||||
| Mother | Doris Carlquist | ||||
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| Noor Al-Hussein |
| Jordanian royal family |
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Extended royal family
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HRH Prince Muhammad
HRH Princess Taghrid
HRH Prince Hassan
HRH Princess Sarvath
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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