Queen Noor of Jordan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Queen Noor of Jordan
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Aug 23, 1951(1951-08-23)
Age	73
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Horoscope	Leo

Queen Noor of Jordan Biography

Queen Noor of Jordan is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on August 23, 1951 in Washington, D.C., United States. According to records from 1920 Census, Noor’s paternal grandfather Najeeb Elias Haaby, a Lebanese immigrant, was a petroleum broker. Merchant Stanley Marcus recalled however that Halaby, who was born in Texas, opened Halaby Galleries in Dallas in the mid-1920s. It was a rug shop and interior- decorating shop. He ran it with Laura Wilkins (1889-1987), later Mrs. Urban B. Koen. His estate was unable continue the business after Najeeb Halaby’s death.

Halaby married King Hussein in Amman on June 15, 1978, and became Queen of Jordan.

King Hussein died on February 7, 1999 from lymphatic cancer. After his death, his first-born son, Abdullah II, became king and Hamzah became crown prince. In 2004, Prince Hamzah was unexpectedly stripped of his status as heir designate. 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.

According to research done in 2010 for the PBS series Faces of America by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., of Harvard University, her great-grandfather, Elias Halaby, came to New York around 1891, one of the earliest Lebanese immigrants to the United States. He was a Christian as well as having been a provincial treasurer (magistrate) in the Ottoman Empire and his family had origins in Zahle and Beirut as stated before by his father Najeeb Halaby in his autobiography “Crosswinds: an Airman’s Memoir”. 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 American society.

After graduating from Princeton, Halaby went to Australia and worked in a planning firm. She was particularly interested in the Middle East because of her Syrian roots. In 1975, after a year, Halaby accepted a job at Llewelyn Davies. This British planning and architectural firm had helped to design Tehran’s capital city. After the company was forced to relocate to the UK due to increasing political instability, she decided to travel to the Arab world to apply for the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and to take a temporary job as a researcher at an aviation facility in Amman. She eventually left Arab Air and accepted a position with Alia Airlines as Director of Facilities Planning and Design. While he was still grieving his wife’s death, Halaby became close friends with the king. They became close friends and were engaged in 1978.

Queen Noor of Jordan Net Worth

Queen Noor of Jordan is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Queen Noor of Jordan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Noor Al-Hussein, Arabic: nwr lHsyn ; baptized Lisa Najeeb Halaby August 23, 1951), is the Queen Dowager in Jordan. She is the widow of King Hussein. Between their 1978 marriage and his 1999 death, she was his fourth wife and Queen Consort.

Halaby was educated in New York City and California, before she entered National Cathedral School in fourth through eighth grades. After two years at the Chapin School, New York City, she graduated from Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts. With the first coeducational freshman class, she entered Princeton University in 1974 and graduated with a BA degree in architecture and urban planning. She was also part of Princeton’s first women’s hockey team.

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.

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Who is Queen Noor of Jordan Dating?

According to our records, Queen Noor of Jordan married to Hussein of Jordan. As of December 1, 2023, Queen Noor of Jordan’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Queen Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Queen Noor of Jordan celebrates birthday on August 23 of every year.

Top Facts about Queen Noor of Jordan

1. Queen Noor was born in the United States in 1951.
2. She married King Hussein of Jordan in 1978.
3. During her time as queen consort, she focused on social issues.
4. Queen Noor is a philanthropist and activist for peacebuilding and women’s rights.
5. She founded the King Hussein Foundation to promote education and development.
6. In 2007, she received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service.
7. Queen Noor has authored several books on Middle Eastern politics and culture.
8. She holds honorary degrees from numerous universities worldwide.
9. Queen Noor is fluent in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.
10. She continues to advocate for peace and human rights globally.

Does Queen Noor still live in Jordan?

The American-born Noor was the fourth wife of the late King Hussein, Abdullah’s father. She has lived outside Jordan for years, mostly in the United States. She briefly commented on her son’s detention in the spring.

How did Queen Noor meet King Hussein?

Noor and Hussein met in 1977 while Noor was working as the Director of Facilities Planning and Design for Arab Air Services. They met and became friends at the opening of the Queen Alia International Airport. Their relationship quickly blossomed into a romance, and the King proposed on 13 May 1978.

Did Queen Noor ever remarry?

For someone who spent much of her life in the public eye, Noor — elegant as ever at 69 — remains something of an enigmatic figure after a long widowhood spent largely in the United States and Britain: deliberate in her utterances, immersed in humanitarian causes, never remarrying.

Is Queen Rania related to Queen Noor?

Rania was a commoner, from a Palestinian refugee family, no less. Her husband’s father was on the throne with his fourth wife, American-born Lisa Halaby, known as Queen Noor, beside him.

Who is King of Jordan now?

Abdullah II