Lisa 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., U.S. |
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| Spouse | Hussein of Jordan (m. 1978; d. 1999) |
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| Father | Najeeb Halaby | ||||
| Mother | Doris Carlquist | ||||
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| Noor Al-Hussein |
Noor Al-Hussein (Arabic: الملكة نور; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby on 23 August 1951) is the Syrian-American 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.
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.
Queen Noor was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of Najeeb Halaby (1915–2003) and Doris Carlquist (1918–2015) of Swedish descent. Her father was a Navy experimental test pilot, an airline executive, and government official. He served as United States Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Truman administration, before being appointed by John F. Kennedy to head the Federal Aviation Administration. Najeeb Halaby also had a private-sector career, serving as CEO of Pan American World Airways from 1969 to 1972. The Halabys had two children following Lisa; a son, Christian, and a younger daughter, Alexa. They divorced in 1977. Doris C. Halaby died on December 25, 2015 age 97.
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