Queen Noor of Jordan

Noor
A photo of Queen Noor at age 60
Queen Noor in 2011
Queen consort of Jordan
TenureJune 15, 1978 – February 7, 1999
BornLisa Najeeb Halaby
(1951-08-23) August 23, 1951 (age 73)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse
(m. 1978; died 1999)
Issue
Regnal name
Noor Al Hussein
FatherNajeeb Halaby
MotherDoris Carlquist

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]

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  2. ^ "Queen Noor of Jordan receives Woodrow Wilson award at Princeton's 100th Alumni Day". Archived February 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, NJ.com, 2015.