Who is Queen Noor?
She is the Grace Kelly of the Woodstock generation; she was an American-born beauty who won the heart of a King. Her intelligence, grace and commitment won the love of her adopted people and respect worldwide. Born Lisa Halaby, Queen Noor of Jordan became an international figure with her marriage to King Hussein on June 15, 1978. In just four years, she had gone from being a cheerleader at Princeton to Queen of an Islamic, Middle-Eastern country. Queen Noor found that actually becoming a queen was much more difficult than being named one. But as Middle-Eastern scholars, reporters and friends reveal, she made the transformation successfully. In fact, by the time of the Gulf War, she was an articulate voice for Jordanian policy. In far-ranging, candid interviews, the Queen talks about her integration into Jordanian society, the causes she embraced and the barriers she had to overcome, and the fairy tale romance that ended with the death of her husband early in 1999. Despite the death of
