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{{short description|Queen of Jordan from 1978 to 1999}}
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| consort      = yes
| name         = Noor
| succession   = [[Queen consort of Jordan]]
| image        = Queen Noor Jordan 2011.jpg
| caption      = Noor in 2011
| alt          = A photo of Queen Noor at age 60
| reign        = June 15, 1978&nbsp;– February 7, 1999
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Hussein of Jordan]] <br />|1978|1999|end=[[Death and state funeral of Hussein of Jordan|died]]}}
| issue        = {{unbulleted list |[[Hamzah bin Hussein]] |[[Prince Hashim bin Hussein|Prince Hashim]] |[[Princess Iman bint Hussein|Princess Iman]] |[[Princess Raiyah bint Hussein|Princess Raiyah]]}}
| regnal name  = Noor Al Hussein
| house        = <!--Do not add a royal house or dynasty unless you have an official source. People are born into dynasties of ruling families. Whether or not a person is confirmed to belong to a dynasty by marriage requires a source that proves that fact. -->
| father       = [[Najeeb Halaby]]
| mother       = Doris Carlquist
{{labeldata|[[Alma mater]]|[[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])}}
| birth_name   = Lisa Najeeb Halaby
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1951|08|23|mf=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
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{{Jordanian Royal Family}}
'''Noor Al Hussein''' ({{langx|ar|نور الحسين}}; born '''Lisa Najeeb Halaby'''; August 23, 1951)<ref name=biography/> is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who was the fourth wife and widow of [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein of Jordan]]. She was [[Queen of Jordan]] from their marriage on June 15, 1978, until [[Death and state funeral of Hussein of Jordan|Hussein's death]] on February 7, 1999.

Noor is the longest-standing member of the Board of Commissioners of the [[International Commission on Missing Persons]]. As of 2023, she is president of the [[United World Colleges]] movement and an advocate of the anti-[[nuclear weapons proliferation]] campaign [[Global Zero (campaign)|Global Zero]]. In 2015, Queen Noor received [[Princeton University]]'s [[Woodrow Wilson Awards|Woodrow Wilson Award]] for her public service.<ref name="NJ.com">[http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/02/queen_noor_of_jordan_recieved_woodrow_wilson_award.html "Queen Noor of Jordan receives Woodrow Wilson award at Princeton's 100th Alumni Day"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225225128/http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/02/queen_noor_of_jordan_recieved_woodrow_wilson_award.html |date=February 25, 2015 }}, NJ.com, 2015.</ref>

== Family and early life ==
{{Wives of Hussein of Jordan}}
Queen Noor was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/profiles/queen-noor/6/ |title=Queen Noor of Jordan – Queen |date=January 4, 2010 |publisher=PBS |access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref> in [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S., the eldest child of [[Najeeb Halaby]] (1915–2003) and Doris Carlquist (1918–2015). Her paternal family is [[Syrian people|Syrian]]; her maternal family is [[Swedish people|Swedish American]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mahajan|first=Vijay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbdqOxtdnHMC&q=Queen+Noor+Syrian&pg=PA328|title=The Arab World Unbound: Tapping into the Power of 350 Million Consumers|date=July 13, 2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-23642-0|language=en|access-date=December 25, 2020|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629172723/https://books.google.com/books?id=KbdqOxtdnHMC&q=Queen+Noor+Syrian&pg=PA328|url-status=live}}</ref>  Her father was raised a [[Christian Scientist]] and was a Navy experimental test pilot, an airline executive, and government official. He served as an aide to the [[United States Secretary of Defense]] in the [[Presidency of Harry S. Truman|Truman administration]], before being appointed by President [[John F. Kennedy]] to head the [[Federal Aviation Administration]]. Najeeb Halaby also had a private-sector career, serving as CEO of [[Pan American World Airways]] from 1969 to 1972. The Halabys had two children following Lisa; a son, Christian, and a younger daughter, Alexa. The children were raised nominally [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]]. Najeeb and Doris divorced in 1977.<ref name=":1">{{Citation |title=Queen Noor: The Light of Hussein {{!}} Full Documentary {{!}} Biography |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeE9wuthMs0 |access-date=2022-07-23 |language=en}}</ref> Doris, who was of [[Swedish people|Swedish]] descent, died on December 25, 2015, aged 97.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Doris C. Halaby, mother of Queen Noor of Jordan, dies at 97|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/doris-c-halaby-mother-of-queen-noor-of-jordan-dies-at-97/2015/12/30/8a243e3a-ae6b-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = December 30, 2015|access-date = January 5, 2016|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Matt|last = Schudel|archive-date = January 4, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160104165828/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/doris-c-halaby-mother-of-queen-noor-of-jordan-dies-at-97/2015/12/30/8a243e3a-ae6b-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

Noor's paternal grandfather was Najeeb Elias Halaby, a Syrian-Lebanese businessman born in [[Zahlé|Zahle]], and whose parents hailed from [[Aleppo]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5bQQAQAAMAAJ&q=Crosswinds+airman%27s+memoir+Halaby+Lebanon|title=Crosswinds: an airman's memoir|last=Halaby|first=Najeeb E.|year=1978|publisher=Doubleday|page=3|isbn=9780385049634|access-date=May 31, 2020|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829183003/https://books.google.com/books?id=5bQQAQAAMAAJ&q=Crosswinds+airman%27s+memoir+Halaby+Lebanon|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Queen Noor|year=2003|title=Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5YpYOXpfLxgC&q=Zahle|page=9|publisher=Wheeler Pub. |isbn=9781587244667|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831224001/https://books.google.com/books?id=5YpYOXpfLxgC&q=Zahle|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/us/najeeb-e-halaby-former-airline-executive-dies-at-87.html|title=Najeeb E. Halaby, Former Airline Executive, Dies at 87|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 3, 2003 |access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226142446/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/us/najeeb-e-halaby-former-airline-executive-dies-at-87.html|url-status=live|last1=Stout |first1=David }}</ref> He was a [[petroleum]] [[broker]], according to 1920 Census records.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/us/najeeb-e-halaby-former-airline-executive-dies-at-87.html?pagewanted=1|work=The New York Times|title=Najeeb E. Halaby, Former Airline Executive, Dies at 87|first=David|last=Stout|date=July 3, 2003|access-date=May 22, 2010|archive-date=October 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016091652/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/us/najeeb-e-halaby-former-airline-executive-dies-at-87.html?pagewanted=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Merchant [[Stanley Marcus]] recalled that in the mid-1920s, Halaby opened Halaby Galleries, a rug boutique and interior-decorating shop, at [[Neiman Marcus]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], and ran it with his Texas-born wife, Laura Wilkins (1889–1987, later Mrs. Urban B. Koen). Najeeb Halaby died shortly afterward, and his estate was unable to continue the new enterprise.<ref name="mts39">Stanley Marcus. ''Minding the Store: A Memoir'', 1974, pg. 39.</ref>

According to research done in 2010 for the PBS series ''[[Faces of America (PBS series)|Faces of America]]'' by Professor [[Henry Louis Gates Jr.|Henry Louis Gates&nbsp;Jr.]], of Harvard University, 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 as well as having been a provincial treasurer (magistrate)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=meYbj1E6Ki8C&q=Almas+Mallouk+Halaby&pg=PA65|title=Faces of America: How 12 Extraordinary People Discovered their Pasts|last=Gates Jr.|first=Henry Louis|date=September 2010|page=65|publisher=NYU Press |isbn=9780814732656|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=September 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901084846/https://books.google.com/books?id=meYbj1E6Ki8C&q=Almas+Mallouk+Halaby&pg=PA65|url-status=live}}</ref> as stated before by Najeeb Halaby in his autobiography ''Crosswinds: an Airman's Memoir''.<ref name=":0" /> He left Ottoman Syria with his two eldest sons. His wife, Almas Mallouk, and their remaining children joined him in the United States in 1894. He died three years later, leaving his teenage sons, Habib, and Najeeb (her paternal grandfather), to run his import business. Najeeb moved to Dallas around 1910 and fully assimilated into U.S. society.<ref name="PBS">[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/profiles/queen-noor/6/ "Faces of America: Queen Noor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424060340/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/profiles/queen-noor/6/ |date=April 24, 2019 }}, PBS, ''[[Faces of America (PBS series)|Faces of America]]'' series, with Professor [[Henry Louis Gates|Henry Louis Gates, Jr.]], 2010.</ref>

== Education ==
Halaby attended schools in New York and California before entering [[National Cathedral School]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] from fourth to eighth grade. She attended the [[Chapin School (Manhattan)|Chapin School]] in [[New York City]] for two years,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20070994,00.html |title=Portrait of a Princess to Be: Lisa Halaby's Friends Tell of Her Life Before Hussein |website=People.com |date=June 5, 1978 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914195913/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20070994,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and then went on to graduate from [[Concord Academy]]. 

She entered [[Princeton University]] with its first [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] freshman class and received an A.B. in [[architecture]] and [[urban planning]] in 1974 after completing a 32-page long senior thesis titled "96th Street and Second Avenue."<ref>Lucia Raatma, ''Queen Noor: American-Born Queen of Jordan'', 2006.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Halaby|first=Lisa|publisher=Princeton University. School of Architecture|title=96th Street and Second Avenue|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp01zc77sq51m|language=en|journal=|access-date=May 31, 2020|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128074023/https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp01zc77sq51m|url-status=live}}</ref> She was also a member of Princeton's first women's [[ice hockey]] team.<ref>{{cite web |author=Princeton University |url=https://twitter.com/princeton/status/569212659188551680 |title=Princeton University on Twitter: "Alumni Day trivia: @QueenNoor '73 was a member of Princeton's first women's team in which sport? Ice hockey." |publisher=[[Twitter]] |date=February 21, 2015 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130032/https://twitter.com/princeton/status/569212659188551680 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==
After she graduated from Princeton, Halaby moved to Australia, where she worked for a firm that specialized in planning new towns, with a burgeoning interest in the [[Middle East]]. Because of Halaby's Syrian roots, this had special appeal for her. After a year, in 1975, she 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. When increasing political instability forced the company to relocate to the UK, she traveled to the Arab world and decided to apply to [[Columbia University]]'s Graduate School of Journalism while taking a temporary aviation facility research job in Amman. Eventually, she left Arab Air and accepted a job with [[Royal Jordanian|Alia Airlines]] to become Director of Facilities Planning and Design. Halaby and the king became friends while he was still mourning the death of [[Alia Al-Hussein|his third wife]]. Their friendship evolved and the couple became engaged in 1978.<ref name=biography>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/articles/Queen-Noor-of-Jordan-9542217?part=0|title=Queen Noor of Jordan Biography|publisher=biography.com|access-date=January 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610020305/http://www.biography.com/articles/Queen-Noor-of-Jordan-9542217?part=0|archive-date=June 10, 2011}}</ref>

== Marriage and children ==
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F054853-0023, Hamburg, Staatsbesuch König von Jordanien.jpg|thumb|Queen Noor in [[Hamburg, Germany|Hamburg, West Germany]], on a state visit with King Hussein, in 1978]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F069597-0031, Jordanien, Staatsbesuch des Bundespräsidenten.jpg|thumb|Queen Noor and King Hussein with [[Richard von Weizsäcker]], [[President of Germany|President of West Germany]], and First Lady [[Marianne von Weizsäcker]] in Jordan in 1985]]

Halaby wed King Hussein on June 15, 1978, in [[Amman]], becoming Queen of Jordan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/16/archives/hussein-marries-american-and-proclaims-her-queen-no-national.html|title=Hussein Marries American And Proclaims Her Queen|last=S. Wren|first=Christopher|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 16, 1978 |access-date=June 14, 2018|language=en|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614123223/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/16/archives/hussein-marries-american-and-proclaims-her-queen-no-national.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Before her marriage, she accepted her husband's [[Sunni Islam]]ic religion and upon the marriage, changed her name from Lisa Halaby to  the royal name ''Noor Al Hussein'' ("Light of Hussein"). The wedding was a traditional Muslim ceremony.  Noor assumed management of the royal household and three stepchildren, [[Princess Haya bint Al Hussein]], [[Prince Ali bin Al Hussein]] and [[Abir Muhaisen]] (her husband's children by Queen Alia).<ref name=biography/> Noor and Hussein had four children:

* [[Hamzah bin Hussein|Hamzah]] (born March 29, 1980, in King Hussein Medical Center, Amman), [[Crown Prince of Jordan|Crown Prince]] from 1999 to 2004, who has five daughters and two sons.
* [[Prince Hashim bin Hussein|Prince Hashim]] (born June 10, 1981, at King Hussein Medical Center in Amman), who has three daughters and two sons.
* [[Princess Iman bint Hussein|Princess Iman]] (born April 24, 1983, at King Hussein Medical Center, Amman), who has one son.
* [[Princess Raiyah bint Hussein|Princess Raiyah]] (born February 9, 1986, at King Hussein Medical Center in Amman).

== Areas of work ==

=== Domestic agenda ===
Queen Noor founded the King Hussein Foundation (KHF) in 1979. It includes the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and eight specialized development institutions: the Jubilee Institute, the Information and Research Center, the National Music Conservatory, the National Center for Culture and Arts and the Institute for Family Health, the Community Development Program, Tamweelcom the Jordan Micro Credit Company and the Islamic microfinance company, Ethmar. She is the Honorary Chairperson of JOrchestra. In addition, Queen Noor launched a youth initiative, the International Arab Youth Congress, in 1980.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2015/Aug/22/13000.htm |work=Petra News |title=Queen Noor Al Hussein celebrates her birthday |date=August 22, 2015 |access-date=August 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125951/http://petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2015/Aug/22/13000.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }}</ref>

===International agenda===
Queen Noor's international work focuses on environmental issues and the connection to human security with emphasis on water and ocean health. At the 2017 Our Ocean Conference, she delivered a keynote address on the link between climate change and ocean health with human security.<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 Our Ocean Keynote Address |url=http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?sitelang=en&ref=I144422 |website=European Commission |access-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193302/http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?sitelang=en&ref=I144422 |url-status=live }}</ref> Queen Noor is Patron of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Founding and Emeritus President of BirdLife International, Trustee Emeritus of Conservation International, and an Ocean Elder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Her Majesty Queen Noor|url=http://www.kinghusseinfoundation.org/index.php?pager=end&task=view&type=content&pageid=61|website=King Hussein Foundation|publisher=www.kinghusseinfoundation.org|access-date=February 25, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411003252/http://www.kinghusseinfoundation.org/index.php?pager=end&task=view&type=content&pageid=61|url-status=live}}</ref> She was also chair of King Hussein Foundation International, a US non-profit 501(c)(3) which, since 2001, has awarded the King Hussein Leadership Prize. She is the president of the international board, the governing board of international movement for the UWC movement.

She speaks Arabic, English and French.

== Widowhood ==
[[File:Queen Noor 1999.jpg|thumbnail|Queen Noor in September 1999|alt=A photo of Queen Noor at age 48]]
King Hussein died on February 7, 1999, from [[lymphatic cancer]]. After his death, his first-born son, [[Abdullah II of Jordan|Abdullah II]], became king and [[Hamzah bin Al Hussein|Hamzah]] became crown prince. In 2004, Prince Hamzah was unexpectedly stripped of his status as heir designate.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4050231.stm |work=BBC News |title=Jordan crown prince loses title |date=November 29, 2004 |access-date=May 22, 2010 |archive-date=July 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705081707/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4050231.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=r9/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/analyzing-king-abdullahs-change-in-the-line-of-succession |title=Analyzing King Abdullah's Change in the Line of Succession – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy |website=Washingtoninstitute.org |date=November 29, 2004 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-date=November 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104234713/http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/analyzing-king-abdullahs-change-in-the-line-of-succession |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 2, 2009, Abdullah named his eldest son as heir-apparent to the throne, thereby ending the previous five years' speculation over his successor.<ref name=r9>[http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-40771520090702 reuters.com: "Jordan's king names son, 15, as crown prince"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426144917/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-40771520090702 |date=April 26, 2016 }}, July 3, 2009</ref>

Noor divides her time among Jordan, the United States ([[Washington, D.C.]]) and the United Kingdom (in London and at her country residence, Buckhurst Park, near [[Winkfield]] in [[Berkshire]]). She continues to work on behalf of numerous international organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=40698&d=6&m=3&y=2004&pix=community.jpg&category=Features |title=Arab News |publisher=[[Arab News]] |access-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032242/http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=40698&d=6&m=3&y=2004&pix=community.jpg&category=Features |url-status=live }}</ref> She also enjoys skiing, water skiing, tennis, sailing, horseback riding, reading, gardening and photography.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/queen_noor.html |title=Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan |website=Kinghussein.gov.jo |access-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309173353/http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/queen_noor.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She held amateur radio callsign JY1NH, but the license has lapsed.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive/ARLX001/1999 | title=ARRL Special Bulletin ARLX001 (1999)}}</ref>

==Honours==
===National honours===
* {{flag|Jordan}}:
**[[File:JOR Al-Hussein ibn Ali Order BAR.svg|70px]] Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the [[Order of al-Hussein bin Ali]]{{cn|date=June 2022}}
**[[File:Order of Military Gallantry (Jordan).png|70px]] Knight of the Order of Military Glory{{cn|date=June 2022}}
**[[File:JOR Order of the Renaissance GC.SVG|70px]] Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the [[Supreme Order of the Renaissance]]{{cn|date=June 2022}}
**[[File:JOR Order of the Star of Jordan GC.svg|70px]] Knight Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Star of Jordan]]{{cn|date=June 2022}}

===Foreign honours===
[[File:Coat of Arms of Noor, Queen of Jordan (Order of Charles III).svg|thumb|189px|Queen Noor's arms as dame of the [[Order of Charles III]]]]
* {{flag|Austria}}:
**[[File:AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 1st Class BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Star of the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf |title=Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour |language=de |page=520 |access-date=November 1, 2012 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522081548/https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flag|Brunei}}:
**[[File:Family Order of Laila Utama with rosette.svg|70x70px]] Member First Class of the [[Family Order of Laila Utama]]{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* {{flag|Denmark}}:
**[[File:Order of the Elephant Ribbon bar.svg|70px]] Knight of the [[Order of the Elephant]] (1998)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modtagere af danske dekorationer |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/monarkiet-i-danmark/ordener-og-medaljer/modtagere-af-danske-dekorationer/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Kongehuset |language=da}}</ref>
* {{flag|Egypt}}:
**[[File:EGY - Order of the Virtues - Supreme and first classes.svg|70px]] Grand Cross Special Class of the [[Order of the Virtues (Egypt)|Order of the Virtues]]{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* {{flag|France}}:
**[[File:Legion Honneur GC ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour|Order of the Legion of Honour]]
* {{flag|Italy}}:
**[[File:Cordone di gran Croce OMRI BAR.svg|70px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]<ref>Italian Presidency Website, [http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=15790 S.M. Noor Regina di Giordania] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928084040/http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=15790 |date=September 28, 2013 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Luxembourg}}:
**[[File:Ordre du Lion d'Or de la Maison de Nassau ribbon.svg|70px]] Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau]]
* {{flag|Spain}}:
**[[File:ESP Charles III Order GC.svg|70px]] Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Charles III]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1994/11/11/pdfs/A34888-34888.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003084708/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1994/11/11/pdfs/A34888-34888.pdf |archive-date=October 3, 2013 }}</ref>
**[[File:ESP Isabella Catholic Order GC.svg|70px]] Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1985/03/25/pdfs/A07788-07788.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113101130/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1985/03/25/pdfs/A07788-07788.pdf |archive-date=November 13, 2013 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Sweden}}:
**[[File:Order of the Seraphim - Ribbon bar.svg|70px]] Member of the [[Royal Order of the Seraphim]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nordenvall|first=Per|title=Kungliga Serafimerorden, 1748–1998|publisher=Kungl. Maj:ts orden|year=1998|isbn=91-630-6744-7|location=Stockholm|oclc=44409530}}</ref>
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}:
**[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|70px]] Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Order of Saint John]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51767|date=June 16, 1989|page=7104}}</ref>

===Awards===
* 2001: Blessed are the Peacemakers Award from [[Catholic Theological Union]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Blessed are the Peacemakers | date = December 6, 2022 |publisher=Catholic Theological Union |url=https://ctu.edu/peacemakers2023/ |access-date=December 7, 2022 }}</ref>

== Books written by Queen Noor ==
*{{cite book | last1 = Noor | first1 = Queen | author-link1 = Queen Noor of Jordan | author-mask = 1 | date = January 1, 2000 | title = Hussein of Jordan, 1935–1999: A Photographic History | script-title = | trans-title =  | url = | url-access = | format = | type = | series = | language = ar-jo | publisher = King Hussein Foundation | isbn = 978-9957851903 | ismn = | issn = | jfm = | jstor = | lccn = | mr = | oclc = 803766796 | ol = | df = dmy-all}}
*{{cite book | last1 = Noor | first1 = Queen | author-link1 = Queen Noor of Jordan | author-mask = 1 | date = March 18, 2003 | title = Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life | url = https://archive.org/details/leapoffaithmemoi0000noor | url-access = registration | language = en | edition = First | location = | publisher = [[Miramax Books|Miramax]] | isbn = 978-0786867172 | lccn = | mr = | oclc = 700303086 | ol = OL8143073M | access-date = April 4, 2021 | via = [[Internet Archive]] | df = dmy-all}} A [[Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life|New York Times #1 best seller]] published in 17 languages

==See also==
* [[Hashemites]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Queen Noor of Jordan}}
* [http://www.kinghusseinfoundation.org King Hussein Foundation website]
* [http://www.nooralhusseinfoundation.org Noor Al Hussein Foundation website]
* [http://www.globalzero.org Global Zero Campaign]
* [http://gos.sbc.edu/n/noor3.html Transcript of a speech given at The Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts in 1996] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506122019/http://gos.sbc.edu/n/noor3.html |date=May 6, 2021 }}
* [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/oped/QueenNoor.shtml 2002 commencement speech – Mount Holyoke College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607002448/http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/oped/QueenNoor.shtml |date=June 7, 2011 }}
* {{C-SPAN|32987}}

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