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Queen Noor of Jordan
(1951-)
Who Is Queen Noor of Jordan?
Queen Noor of Jordan was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby in Washington, D.C. During her early career, she worked in international urban planning in the United States, Australia, Iran and around the Arab world. She married King Hussein in 1978, and became known for her philanthropic work including advocacy for children, promoting peace and the removal of land mines, protecting the environment from climate change and advocating for cross-cultural understanding. In recognition of her efforts, Queen Noor has received numerous awards and honorary doctorates in international relations, law and humane letters. She has also published two books, Hussein of Jordan and Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life, which became a New York Times No. 1 best seller published in 17 languages.
Early Life
Queen Noor of Jordan was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby on August 23, 1951, in Washington, D.C. Her father, Najeeb Elias Halaby, was born in Dallas, Texas of Syrian descent, and distinguished himself as a U.S. Navy test pilot and lawyer who
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Queen Noor of Jordan
Queen Dowager of Jordan
Noor Al Hussein (Arabic: نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951)[1] is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who is the fourth wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was Queen of Jordan from their marriage on June 15, 1978, until Hussein's death on February 7, 1999.
Noor is the longest-standing member of the Board of Commissioners of the International Commission on Missing Persons. As of 2023, 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 Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Award for her public service.[2]
Family and early life
Queen Noor was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby[3] in Washington, D.C., U.S., the eldest child of Najeeb Halaby (1915–2003) and Doris Carlquist (1918–2015). Her paternal family is Syrian; her maternal family is Swedish American.[4] Her father was raised a Christian Scientist[5] and was a Navy exp
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Queen Noor: Between Two Realms
Biography
- Episode aired Nov 1, 1999
- TV-14
- 45m
Lisa Najeeb Halaby's Journey into Peacemaking
Harry Smith narrates this episode (premiering on November 01, 1999) detailing the life of Lisa Najeeb Halaby from her 1951 birth, in Washington, D.C., through her tenure as Queen Consort of Jordan and beyond.
News accounts of her much-publicized 1978 marriage seem to refer to Queen as the former "Elizabeth" or "Eliza" Halaby, but by all accounts today, she has been known as "Lisa." Mother, the former Doris Carlquist, an American of British and Swedish descent, and Father, Najeeb Halaby, an American of Syrian and Lebanese descent, welcome the birth of Lisa on August 23, 1951, as well as a son and another daughter within the next few years.
Najeeb Halaby serves as an aviator, an airline executive and a U.S. government official, upon being appointed by President John F. Kennedy to head the Federal Aviation Administration.
As the family often relocates because of Najeeb's career, Lisa's education ta
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