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Queen Noor of Jordan

ヌール　/　ぬーる

American writer

August 23, 1951 (age 74)　・　Washington, D.C., United States

writer
autobiographer
architect

My Take

What fascinates me about Queen Noor is the sheer improbability of her arc: a Princeton-trained architect from Washington, D.C. who became queen of a Middle Eastern kingdom and then, after King Hussein's death, refused to fade into ceremonial silence. I read her career as architecture by other means — she went from designing buildings to designing humanitarian work and bridges between cultures. The stack of European honors matters less to me than her persistence as a writer and advocate. Royals who can articulate their own story in their own words are rare, and I find her clarity and stamina genuinely admirable, decades after the crown.

Overview

Noor Al Hussein (Arabic: نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951) is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who was 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Queen Noor of Jordan
Name (Japanese): ヌール
Reading: ぬーる
Born: August 23, 1951 (age 74)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Rabbit
Origin: Washington, D.C., United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / autobiographer / architect / queen consort

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Princeton University

Awards & achievements

Order of the Virtues
2002 Humanitarian of the Year
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
1998 Knight of the Order of the Elephant
1989 Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John
1985 Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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