If we are to prosper together in our increasingly small world, we must listen to -- and learn from each other's stories — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
There were initiatives I have remained involved with in the U.S. and in the Middle East, like the Peace Corps, which might… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
My early childhood was spent living by the Pacific Ocean. I carry with me something imprinted by that wide, limitless horizon, which… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
King Hussein of Jordan dedicated his life - I witnessed it in his sleeping as well as waking hours - to trying… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
King Hussein never lost his faith, no matter how difficult and unbearable and cruel the circumstances could be. I always remember that.… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
A more just world is possible. In most of the global issues, and also in so many of the development issues I'm… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
You can see that in people around the world who struggle to survive with little or nothing. Whether they've been inspired by… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
I've seen it around the world, in the poorest countries and in countries riven with conflict, It is women who are the… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
Even into the 20th century, women were still struggling in the Western world for rights that Islam had granted women in the… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
Of course, in our country, developing in a region with somewhat conservative traditions, women were desperately needed to be more engaged - socially, economically,… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees. Today, as you are aware, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
In some extreme cases, women are constrained by what can only be described as pre-Islamic, misogynistic approaches to the role of women in society.… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
The idea of public service was instilled in me by watching my father, who shared that he was far more fulfilled in his public… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
A more just world is possible. In most of the global issues, and also in so many of the development issues I'm involved in… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
I think there are always going to be fanatics and charismatic extremists who are going to be able to draw a following. — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
King Hussein of Jordan dedicated his life - I witnessed it in his sleeping as well as waking hours - to trying to break… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
One thing that keeps me awake at night: I am a mother and, I have to confess with great delight, a grandmother of five… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
The Noor Al-Hussein Foundation (Light of Al-Hussein) was created to complement my husband's efforts to advance development in the country. — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
I have witnessed firsthand the anguish of this humanitarian tragedy - in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and other conflict and post-conflict zones. The destruction… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
I had never imagined myself, nor aspired to be, a member of a royal family. I wanted to be in the Peace Corps, not… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
We came together [with King Hussein of Jordan] because of a shared sense of idealism, of the value of service to a community far… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
Everyone I knew, including my new friends in Jordan, expressed horror at the realities of the Holocaust. But they resented, as I was growing… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees. — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share
