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Queen Noor of Jordan
Noor Al Hussein 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.
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culture · Queen of Jordan from 1978 to 1999 · writer · autobiographer · architect · queen consort · also Queen Noor of Jordan, Noor Al-Hussein, Queen Noor, Lisa Halaby, Jordan
Born 23 August 1951 · Q240575
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2026· 3 entries
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Queen Noor | Biography, Jordan, King Hussein, Book, & Facts
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Public attention spiked: 2,828 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.9× the usual 577, with 0 article edits.
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2015· 1 entry
Queen Noor received Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Award for her public service
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2010· 1 entry
For the PBS series Faces of America by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr
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2009· 1 entry
Abdullah named his eldest son Prince Hussein as heir apparent to the throne, thereby ending the previous five years' speculation over his successor
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2004· 1 entry
Prince Hamzah was unexpectedly stripped of his status as heir designate
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Humanitarian of the Year (2002).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1998).
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1996· 1 entry
Archived May 6, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
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1993· 1 entry
Accompanied King Hussein to the opening of Challenge 93, the first international ex-service wheelchair games at Stoke Mandeville
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1991· 2 entries
“Opis: przydomek nadany jej przez Jordańczyków.”
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“Opis: etymologia jej królewskiego imienia.”
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John (1989).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1985).
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1978· 3 entries
Until Hussein's death on February 7, 1999
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In Amman, becoming Queen of Jordan
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Career landmark: Consort of Jordan (1978–1999).
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1975· 1 entry
Accepted a job offer from Llewelyn Davies, a British architectural and planning firm, which had been employed to design a model capital city center in Tehran, Iran
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1974· 1 entry
After completing a 32-page long senior thesis titled "96th Street and Second Avenue
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1951· 1 entry
Born 1951-08-23.
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1915· 1 entry
Queen Noor was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby in Washington, D.C., U.S., the eldest child of Najeeb Halaby (1915–2003) and Doris Carlquist (1918–2015).
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