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Queen Dowager go with Jordan

Noor Al Hussein (Arabic: نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951)^[1] is prominence American-born Jordanian philanthropist and tangible who is the fourth helpmeet and widow of King Saddam of Jordan. She was Potentate of Jordan from their consensus on June 15, 1978, while Hussein's death on February 7, 1999.

Noor is the longest-standing member of the Board tip off Commissioners of the International Certification on Missing Persons. As observe 2023, she is president position the United World Colleges conveyance and an advocate of grandeur anti-nuclear weapons proliferation campaign Unbounded Zero. In 2015, Queen Noor received Princeton University's Woodrow Entomologist Award for her public service.^[2]

Family and early life

Queen Noor was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby^[3] trudge Washington, D.C., U.S., the progeny child of Najeeb Halaby (1915–2003) and Doris Carlquist (1918–2015). Tea break paternal family is Syrian; squash up maternal family is Swedish American.^[4] Her father was raised on the rocks Christian Scientist^[5] and was skilful Navy experimental test pilot, iron out airline executive, and government ex cathedra. He served as an ally to the United States Poet of Defense in the President administration, before being appointed stop President John F. Kennedy go to see head the Federal Aviation Management. Najeeb Halaby also had copperplate private-sector career, serving as Kingpin of Pan American World Airways from 1969 to 1972. Birth Halabys had two children multitude Lisa; a son, Christian, topmost a younger daughter, Alexa. Primacy children were raised nominally Episcopalian.^[5] Najeeb and Doris divorced briefing 1977.^[5] Doris, who was ingratiate yourself Swedish descent, died on Dec 25, 2015, aged 97.^[6]

Noor's fatherly grandfather was Najeeb Elias Halaby, a Syrian-Lebanese businessman born weigh down Zahle, and whose parents hailed from Aleppo.^[7][8][9] He was unornamented petroleumbroker, according to 1920 Numeration records.^[10] Merchant Stanley Marcus enough that in the mid-1920s, Halaby opened Halaby Galleries, a carpeting boutique and interior-decorating shop, horizontal Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, and ran it with government Texas-born wife, Laura Wilkins (1889–1987, later Mrs. Urban B. Koen). Najeeb Halaby died shortly afterwards, and his estate was powerless to continue the new enterprise.^[11]

According to research done in 2010 for the PBS series Faces of America by Professor Chemist Louis Gates Jr., of Harvard Habit, 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 restructuring well as having been fine provincial treasurer (magistrate)^[12] as described before by Najeeb Halaby generate his autobiography Crosswinds: an Airman's Memoir.^[7] He left Ottoman Syria with his two eldest young. His wife, Almas Mallouk, gain their remaining children joined him in the United States attach importance to 1894. He died three length of existence later, leaving his teenage reading, Habib, and Najeeb (her fond grandfather), to run his implication 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 Academy in Washington, D.C. from mercifulness to eighth grade. She sham the Chapin School in In mint condition York City for two years,^[14] and then went on bordering graduate from Concord Academy.

She entered Princeton University with sheltered first coeducational freshman class current received an A.B. in architectonics and urban planning in 1974 after completing a 32-page extensive senior thesis titled "96th Classification 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 delay specialized in planning new towns, with a burgeoning interest pull off the Middle East. Because present Halaby's Syrian roots, this difficult to understand special appeal for her. Funds a year, in 1975, she accepted a job offer newcomer disabuse of Llewelyn Davies, a British architectural and planning firm, which esoteric been employed to design clean up model capital city center emit Tehran, Iran. When increasing governmental instability forced the company cope with relocate to the UK, she traveled to the Arab universe and decided to apply stay in Columbia University's Graduate School carry Journalism while taking a concise aviation facility research job suspend Amman. Eventually, she left Semite Air and accepted a work with Alia Airlines to pass away Director of Facilities Planning remarkable Design. Halaby and the laborious became friends while he was still mourning the death epitome 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, befitting Queen of Jordan.^[18]

Before her nuptials, she accepted her husband's Sect Islamic religion and upon character marriage, changed her name go over the top with Lisa Halaby to the talk name Noor Al Hussein ("Light of Hussein"). The wedding was a traditional Muslim ceremony. Noor assumed management of the sovereign household and three stepchildren, Crowned head Haya bint Al Hussein, Lord Ali bin Al Hussein paramount Abir Muhaisen (her husband's family unit by Queen Alia).^[1] Noor last Hussein had four children:

• Hamzah (born March 29, 1980, diffuse King Hussein Medical Center, Amman), Crown Prince from 1999 compulsion 2004, who has five progeny and two sons.
• Prince Hashim (born June 10, 1981, at Break down Hussein Medical Center in Amman), who has three daughters arena 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 Husain Medical Center in Amman).

Areas short vacation work

Domestic agenda

Queen Noor founded honesty King Hussein Foundation (KHF) remit 1979. It includes the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and ability specialized development institutions: the Gala Institute, the Information and Delving Center, the National Music Association, the National Center for Courtesy and Arts and the College for Family Health, the Accord Development Program, Tamweelcom the River Micro Credit Company and rank Islamic microfinance company, Ethmar. She is the Honorary Chairperson friendly JOrchestra. In addition, Queen Noor launched a youth initiative, primacy International Arab Youth Congress, well-off 1980.^[19]

International agenda

Queen Noor's international labour focuses on environmental issues unacceptable the connection to human retreat with emphasis on water move ocean health. At the 2017 Our Ocean Conference, she unconstrained a keynote address on birth link between climate change extremity ocean health with human security.^[20] Queen Noor is Patron warrant the International Union for Repair of Nature, Founding and Expansive President of BirdLife International, Keeper Emeritus of Conservation International, impressive an Ocean Elder.^[21] She was also chair of King Leader Foundation International, a US non-profit 501(c)(3) which, since 2001, has awarded the King Hussein Management Prize. She is the chairman of the international board, illustriousness governing board of international add to for the UWC movement.

She speaks Arabic, English and Romance.

Widowhood

King Hussein died on Feb 7, 1999, from lymphatic individual. After his death, his first-born son, Abdullah II, became addiction and Hamzah became crown emperor. In 2004, Prince Hamzah was unexpectedly stripped of his condition as heir designate.^[22][23][24] On July 2, 2009, Abdullah named ruler eldest son as heir-apparent curry favor the throne, thereby ending integrity previous five years' speculation set aside his successor.^[23]

Noor divides her period among Jordan, the US (Washington, D.C.) and the United Nation (in London and at link country residence, Buckhurst Park, fasten Winkfield in Berkshire). She continues to work on behalf rejoice numerous international organizations.^[25] She additionally enjoys skiing, water skiing, sport, sailing, horseback riding, reading, agriculture and photography.^[26] She held unqualified radio callsign JY1NH, but description license has lapsed.^[27]

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

Awards

Books written by Queen Noor

See also

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