Word: noor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Friday the yanis still adorns Queen Noor al Hussein, 47, as she steps into the sitting room of her family home, Bab al Salaam (Door of Peace), to speak with a reporter for the first time since her husband's death. Jordan's official 40-day mourning period ended a day earlier, and in the course of a 2 1/2-hr. interview over lentil soup and tuna sandwiches, the Queen is, for the most part, strong and hopeful, at times bestowing her beguiling smile...
...white photo of King Hussein framed in silver at her side, the story she tells of their last months and days together, especially "the sudden, vicious rebound [that] caught us all by surprise," is a heartbreaking final chapter to one of the Middle East's most unusual romances. Noor says the six months in the U.S. during Hussein's cancer treatment were among their most enriching times together since the former Princeton cheerleader (ne Lisa Halaby) married the Arab monarch two decades ago. They lived at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, kept up on work in Jordan via e-mail...
...self-proclaimed "premiere search engine for revenue-sharing programs." And that's only his cash-cow; Up-Set has also designed i-Site, bringing the blind community, and Marciano's baby, OurSquare (www.oursquare.com), an online community for Ivy League alums that boasts such famous members as Jordan's Queen Noor...
...figure much like Princess Diana. But Rania has good relations with her mother-in-law--actually, both mothers-in-law. British-born PRINCESS MUNA, King Hussein's second wife and Abdullah's mom, saw the political worth of a Palestinian princess in a country two-thirds Palestinian. QUEEN NOOR, who won hearts for consoling royals and ordinary citizens, is also close to Rania, which is just as well. They will share the title of queen...
...figure much like Princess Diana. But Rania has good relations with her mother-in-law -- actually, both mothers-in-law. British-born Princess Muna, King Hussein?s second wife and Abdullah?s mom, saw the political worth of a Palestinian princess in a country two-thirds Palestinian. Queen Noor, who won hearts for consoling royals and ordinary citizens, is also close to Rania, which is just as well. They will share the title of queen...