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Date of Birth
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23-August-1951
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Place of Birth
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Washington, D.C.
(United States of America, United States, with Territories, Contiguous United States, Area code 202)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Lisa Najeeb Halaby, Queen Noor
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Queen Noor of Jordan is the widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was his fourth spouse and queen consort of Jordan between 1978 and 1999. Since her husband's death in 1999, she has been queen dowager of Jordan.
A United States citizen by birth and of Syrian, English and Swedish descent, she renounced her American citizenship in favor of Jordanian citizenship at the time of her marriage. As of 2011, she is president of the United World Colleges movement and an advocate of the anti-nuclear weapons proliferation campaign Global Zero.
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