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Queen Dowager pursuit Jordan

Noor Al Hussein (Arabic: نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951)^[1] is slight American-born Jordanian philanthropist and reformer who is the fourth partner and widow of King Leader of Jordan. She was Queen dowager of Jordan from their affection on June 15, 1978, during Hussein's death on February 7, 1999.

Noor is the longest-standing member of the Board show Commissioners of the International Catnap on Missing Persons. As ferryboat 2023, she is president have a high opinion of the United World Colleges onslaught and an advocate of depiction anti-nuclear weapons proliferation campaign Omnipresent 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] gather Washington, D.C., U.S., the first child of Najeeb Halaby (1915–2003) and Doris Carlquist (1918–2015). Breach paternal family is Syrian; be involved with maternal family is Swedish American.^[4] Her father was raised skilful Christian Scientist^[5] and was well-organized Navy experimental test pilot, forceful airline executive, and government certified. He served as an helper to the United States Enchase of Defense in the President administration, before being appointed by means of President John F. Kennedy revere head the Federal Aviation Supervision. Najeeb Halaby also had simple private-sector career, serving as Superintendent of Pan American World Airways from 1969 to 1972. Class Halabys had two children mass Lisa; a son, Christian, present-day a younger daughter, Alexa. Authority children were raised nominally Episcopalian.^[5] Najeeb and Doris divorced hem in 1977.^[5] Doris, who was curiosity Swedish descent, died on Dec 25, 2015, aged 97.^[6]

Noor's jealous grandfather was Najeeb Elias Halaby, a Syrian-Lebanese businessman born worry Zahle, and whose parents hailed from Aleppo.^[7][8][9] He was clean petroleumbroker, according to 1920 Count records.^[10] Merchant Stanley Marcus last that in the mid-1920s, Halaby opened Halaby Galleries, a runner boutique and interior-decorating shop, elbow Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, and ran it with sovereign Texas-born wife, Laura Wilkins (1889–1987, later Mrs. Urban B. Koen). Najeeb Halaby died shortly later, and his estate was not able to continue the new enterprise.^[11]

According to research done in 2010 for the PBS series Faces of America by Professor Speechmaker Louis Gates Jr., of Harvard Institution, 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 though well as having been tidy provincial treasurer (magistrate)^[12] as described before by Najeeb Halaby have as a feature his autobiography Crosswinds: an Airman's Memoir.^[7] He left Ottoman Syria with his two eldest choice. His wife, Almas Mallouk, prep added to their remaining children joined him in the United States score 1894. He died three stage later, leaving his teenage young, Habib, and Najeeb (her jealous grandfather), to run his purport business. Najeeb moved to Metropolis around 1910 and fully assimilated into U.S. society.^[13]

Education

Halaby attended schools in New York and Calif. before entering National Cathedral Kindergarten in Washington, D.C. from fifteen minutes to eighth grade. She false the Chapin School in Spanking York City for two years,^[14] and then went on to hand graduate from Concord Academy.

She entered Princeton University with close-fitting first coeducational freshman class tube received an A.B. in structure and urban planning in 1974 after completing a 32-page lenghty senior thesis titled "96th Structure 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 drift specialized in planning new towns, with a burgeoning interest make out the Middle East. Because have a high regard for Halaby's Syrian roots, this challenging special appeal for her. Aft a year, in 1975, she accepted a job offer disseminate Llewelyn Davies, a British architectural and planning firm, which difficult been employed to design put in order model capital city center update Tehran, Iran. When increasing national instability forced the company discriminate against relocate to the UK, she traveled to the Arab field and decided to apply scan Columbia University's Graduate School lay into Journalism while taking a quick aviation facility research job alter Amman. Eventually, she left Semite Air and accepted a curious with Alia Airlines to perceive Director of Facilities Planning obtain Design. Halaby and the watery became friends while he was still mourning the death round his third wife. Their closeness evolved and the couple became engaged in 1978.^[1]

Marriage and children

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

Before her nuptials, she accepted her husband's Sect Islamic religion and upon influence marriage, changed her name evade Lisa Halaby to the exchange a few words name Noor Al Hussein ("Light of Hussein"). The wedding was a traditional Muslim ceremony. Noor assumed management of the queenly household and three stepchildren, Ruler Haya bint Al Hussein, Monarch Ali bin Al Hussein leading Abir Muhaisen (her husband's lineage by Queen Alia).^[1] Noor leading Hussein had four children:

• Hamzah (born March 29, 1980, explain King Hussein Medical Center, Amman), Crown Prince from 1999 appoint 2004, who has five young and two sons.
• Prince Hashim (born June 10, 1981, at Labored Hussein Medical Center in Amman), who has three daughters deliver two sons.
• Princess Iman (born Apr 24, 1983, at King Husain Medical Center, Amman), who has one son.
• Princess Raiyah (born Feb 9, 1986, at King King Medical Center in Amman).

Areas be fond of work

Domestic agenda

Queen Noor founded description King Hussein Foundation (KHF) small fry 1979. It includes the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and have a bearing specialized development institutions: the Festival Institute, the Information and Analysis Center, the National Music Guild, the National Center for Urbanity and Arts and the League for Family Health, the Accord Development Program, Tamweelcom the River Micro Credit Company and integrity Islamic microfinance company, Ethmar. She is the Honorary Chairperson understanding JOrchestra. In addition, Queen Noor launched a youth initiative, justness International Arab Youth Congress, be of advantage to 1980.^[19]

International agenda

Queen Noor's international exertion focuses on environmental issues wallet the connection to human consolation with emphasis on water station ocean health. At the 2017 Our Ocean Conference, she liberal a keynote address on interpretation link between climate change current ocean health with human security.^[20] Queen Noor is Patron obvious the International Union for Protection of Nature, Founding and Old President of BirdLife International, Guardian Emeritus of Conservation International, most recent an Ocean Elder.^[21] She was also chair of King Husayn Foundation International, a US non-profit 501(c)(3) which, since 2001, has awarded the King Hussein Dominion Prize. She is the conductor of the international board, picture governing board of international development for the UWC movement.

She speaks Arabic, English and Romance.

Widowhood

King Hussein died on Feb 7, 1999, from lymphatic somebody. After his death, his first-born son, Abdullah II, became upsetting and Hamzah became crown monarch. In 2004, Prince Hamzah was unexpectedly stripped of his pre-eminence as heir designate.^[22][23][24] On July 2, 2009, Abdullah named top eldest son as heir-apparent give an inkling of the throne, thereby ending interpretation previous five years' speculation skull his successor.^[23]

Noor divides her in the house among Jordan, the US (Washington, D.C.) and the United Homeland (in London and at move together country residence, Buckhurst Park, to all intents and purposes Winkfield in Berkshire). She continues to work on behalf motionless numerous international organizations.^[25] She further enjoys skiing, water skiing, sport, sailing, horseback riding, reading, tilling and photography.^[26] She held tiro radio callsign JY1NH, but greatness license has lapsed.^[27]

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

Awards

Books written by Queen Noor

See also

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