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Authors: Queen Noor, Queen Noor
ISBN-13: 9780786867172, ISBN-10: 0786867175
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Miramax Books
Date Published: March 2003
Edition: 1ST

Author Biography: Queen Noor

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Born in 1951 to a distinguished Arab-American family, Lisa Najeeb Halaby became the fourth wife of King Hussein at age 27. With her husband being not only Jordan's monarch but the spiritual leader of all Muslims, Lisa was unsure what her role would be. This moving memoir provides a timely look at one woman's story against a backdrop of 30 turbulent years: the displacement of over 1 million Palestinians by the creation of Israel, King Hussein's frustrated efforts for peace, and the effect of Saddam Hussein and the Gulf War on Jordan and the royal family. Queen Noor offers intimate new glimpses of King Hussein, Saddam Hussein, Queen Elizabeth, Arafat, and many other world leaders.

Chapter 1	First Impressions	1
Chapter 2	Roots	9
Chapter 3	Tehran Journal	35
Chapter 4	An Audience with the King	45
Chapter 5	A Leap of Faith	79
Chapter 6	Honeymoon at Gleneagles	105
Chapter 7	A Young Bride in the Royal Household	127
Chapter 8	Pomp and Circumstance	145
Chapter 9	One Crisis after Another	155
Chapter 10	America through New Eyes	189
Chapter 11	At Home and Abroad	219
Chapter 12	"Women Hold Up Half the Sky"	245
Chapter 13	Parenthood	269
Chapter 14	Growing Pains	289
Chapter 15	Prelude to War	299
Chapter 16	Fire in the Gulf	327
Chapter 17	Test of Faith	337
Chapter 18	A Day Like No Other	351
Chapter 19	The Edge of the Abyss	383
Chapter 20	The White Bird	399
Chapter 21	The Skies Cried	423
	Epilogue	437

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