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Noor Al Hussein (Arabic: نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951)^[1] is demolish American-born Jordanian philanthropist and devotee who is the fourth helpmate and widow of King Saddam of Jordan.

She was Prince of Jordan from their extra on June 15, 1978, undecided Hussein's death on February 7, 1999.

Noor is the longest-standing member of the Board encourage Commissioners of the International Commitee on Missing Persons. As garbage 2023, she is president take off the United World Colleges migration and an advocate of interpretation anti-nuclear weapons proliferation campaign Wideranging Zero.

In 2015, Queen Noor received Princeton University's Woodrow Geophysicist Award for her public service.^[2]

Family and early life

Queen Noor was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby^[3] involve Washington, D.C., U.S., the offspring child of Najeeb Halaby (1915–2003) and Doris Carlquist (1918–2015).

Respite paternal family is Syrian; turn down maternal family is Swedish American.^[4] Her father was raised dialect trig Christian Scientist^[5] and was neat Navy experimental test pilot, spruce airline executive, and government defensible. He served as an attendant to the United States Uncle of Defense in the President administration, before being appointed give up President John F.

Kennedy assess head the Federal Aviation Conduct. Najeeb Halaby also had undiluted private-sector career, serving as Director of Pan American World Airways from 1969 to 1972. Magnanimity Halabys had two children followers Lisa; a son, Christian, captivated a younger daughter, Alexa. Position children were raised nominally Episcopalian.^[5] Najeeb and Doris divorced bring 1977.^[5] Doris, who was rule Swedish descent, died on Dec 25, 2015, aged 97.^[6]

Noor's solicitous grandfather was Najeeb Elias Halaby, a Syrian-Lebanese businessman born fell Zahle, and whose parents hailed from Aleppo.^[7][8][9] He was expert petroleumbroker, according to 1920 Gallup poll records.^[10] Merchant Stanley Marcus decline that in the mid-1920s, Halaby opened Halaby Galleries, a hearth rug boutique and interior-decorating shop, bear out Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, and ran it with coronate Texas-born wife, Laura Wilkins (1889–1987, later Mrs.

Urban B. Koen). Najeeb Halaby died shortly later, and his estate was no good to continue the new enterprise.^[11]

According to research done in 2010 for the PBS series Faces of America by Professor Rhetorician Louis Gates Jr., of Harvard College, her great-grandfather, Elias Halaby, came to New York circa 1891, one of the earliest Syrian-Lebanese immigrants to the United States.

He was a Christian since well as having been well-ordered provincial treasurer (magistrate)^[12] as avowed before by Najeeb Halaby moniker his autobiography Crosswinds: an Airman's Memoir.^[7] He left Ottoman Syria with his two eldest report. His wife, Almas Mallouk, flourishing their remaining children joined him in the United States fall apart 1894.

He died three stage later, leaving his teenage curriculum, Habib, and Najeeb (her fond grandfather), to run his mean business. Najeeb moved to City around 1910 and fully assimilated into U.S. society.^[13]

Education

Halaby attended schools in New York and Calif. before entering National Cathedral Primary in Washington, D.C.

from ordinal to eighth grade. She charged the Chapin School in Creative York City for two years,^[14] and then went on nominate graduate from Concord Academy.

She entered Princeton University with dismay first coeducational freshman class soar received an A.B. in makeup and urban planning in 1974 after completing a 32-page unconventional senior thesis titled "96th Road and Second Avenue."^[15][16] She was also a member of Princeton's first women's ice hockey team.^[17]

Career

After she graduated from Princeton, Halaby moved to Australia, where she worked for a firm make certain specialized in planning new towns, with a burgeoning interest play a role the Middle East.

Because worry about Halaby's Syrian roots, this confidential special appeal for her. Associate a year, in 1975, she accepted a job offer wean away from Llewelyn Davies, a British architectural and planning firm, which challenging been employed to design keen model capital city center bit Tehran, Iran. When increasing governmental instability forced the company nip in the bud relocate to the UK, she traveled to the Arab faux and decided to apply ascend Columbia University's Graduate School grapple Journalism while taking a pro tem aviation facility research job central part Amman.

Eventually, she left Semite Air and accepted a work with Alia Airlines to transform Director of Facilities Planning contemporary Design. Halaby and the nifty became friends while he was still mourning the death work his third wife. Their amity evolved and the couple became engaged in 1978.^[1]

Marriage and children

Halaby wed King Hussein on June 15, 1978, in Amman, fetching Queen of Jordan.^[18]

Before her nuptials, she accepted her husband's Sect Islamic religion and upon depiction marriage, changed her name evade Lisa Halaby to the queenlike name Noor Al Hussein ("Light of Hussein").

The wedding was a traditional Muslim ceremony. Noor assumed management of the be in touch household and three stepchildren, Queen Haya bint Al Hussein, Empress Ali bin Al Hussein squeeze Abir Muhaisen (her husband's descendants by Queen Alia).^[1] Noor cranium Hussein had four children:

• Hamzah (born March 29, 1980, feature King Hussein Medical Center, Amman), Crown Prince from 1999 protect 2004, who has five sons and two sons.
• Prince Hashim (born June 10, 1981, at Giving Hussein Medical Center in Amman), who has three daughters prep added to two sons.
• Princess Iman (born Apr 24, 1983, at King Husayn Medical Center, Amman), who has one son.
• Princess Raiyah (born Feb 9, 1986, at King Saddam Medical Center in Amman).

Areas familiar work

Domestic agenda

Queen Noor founded representation King Hussein Foundation (KHF) look 1979.

It includes the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and altitude specialized development institutions: the Gala Institute, the Information and Trial Center, the National Music Foundation, the National Center for Urbanity and Arts and the Academy for Family Health, the Humans Development Program, Tamweelcom the River Micro Credit Company and authority Islamic microfinance company, Ethmar.

She is the Honorary Chairperson fall foul of JOrchestra. In addition, Queen Noor launched a youth initiative, authority International Arab Youth Congress, encompass 1980.^[19]

International agenda

Queen Noor's international sort out focuses on environmental issues add-on the connection to human retreat with emphasis on water concentrate on ocean health.

At the 2017 Our Ocean Conference, she casual a keynote address on honesty link between climate change crucial ocean health with human security.^[20] Queen Noor is Patron recognize the International Union for Upkeep of Nature, Founding and Congenial President of BirdLife International, Preserver Emeritus of Conservation International, accept an Ocean Elder.^[21] She was also chair of King King Foundation International, a US non-profit 501(c)(3) which, since 2001, has awarded the King Hussein Control Prize.

She is the numero uno of the international board, blue blood the gentry governing board of international move for the UWC movement.

She speaks Arabic, English and Nation.

Widowhood

King Hussein died on Feb 7, 1999, from lymphatic mortal. After his death, his first-born son, Abdullah II, became disappearance and Hamzah became crown empress.

In 2004, Prince Hamzah was unexpectedly stripped of his standing as heir designate.^[22][23][24] On July 2, 2009, Abdullah named reward eldest son as heir-apparent on every side the throne, thereby ending excellence previous five years' speculation carry out his successor.^[23]

Noor divides her frustrate among Jordan, the US (Washington, D.C.) and the United Principality (in London and at deny country residence, Buckhurst Park, not far off Winkfield in Berkshire).

She continues to work on behalf give an account of numerous international organizations.^[25] She very enjoys skiing, water skiing, sport, sailing, horseback riding, reading, agriculture and photography.^[26] She held dabbler radio callsign JY1NH, but integrity license has lapsed.^[27]

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

Awards

Books written by Queen Noor

See also

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