Talk:Queen Noor of Jordan

Birdlife International
Queen Noor of Jordan is the president of Birdlife International. It would be interesting to learn something about her work for that organisation. ( Noor :  نور  meaning light )

Jordanian Royal Family Table
I find this addition fairly annoying and pretty useless. Not only is it overly large, but it also screws up the format quite nastily. I would like to see the template retooled and replaced, or removed. - Cybjorg 18:51, 9 December 2005 (UTC) I think this article is well done with many facts about the Queen. This article is a great source. It provided me with the information I needed and the facts about the queen I have been looking for. It has information that you can not find anywhere else. Nice work. I might think you would also like to know that the site Absolute Astronomy has the same article posted here.

Mrs. Noor
It’s very annoying to keep reading "Queen Noor" in every instance that her name is mentioned. Plain old Noor is adequate. But I am too lazy to fix it today...


 * She is actually supposed to be referred to as "Queen Noor" each time her name is listed. Plain old Noor is not adequate nor is it the correct form of address.

Her height
There's a link under "See also" to the List of tall women, but she's not on that list and I can't find any info on how tall she is. Does anyone have that info? Entheta 03:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC) She's 5'10 and a half, 179 cm. It used to stand there, dunno why its gone now.

Wasn't her father the one who worked on the airport?
I think that she met the king when she traveled with her father, who was asked by the king to help with building the country's new airport. I don't think she actually worked on it herself. Nospamtodd 12:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Dowager Queen
The title "Dowager Queen" is not used in Jordan. The widow of a King is styled exactly as she was during her marriage. She is no longer referred to as HM The Queen of Jordan, however, she remains HM Queen Noor al-Hussein. She is styled exactly as Queen Rania al-Abdullah is and as her late mother-in-law was during her widowhood. References to "Dowager Queen" should be removed. There is nothing to support that this title ever existed in Jordan. -- Queen Brandissima —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk) The current article refers to her as a "downage queen" which appears to be a typographical error. However, I didn't correct it if the overall description should be clarified. AlanEisen (talk) 16:41, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Corrected. It was probably vandalism. Thank you for notification! Surtsicna (talk) 19:05, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Strange and Confusing Claim about her Affiliations
In the section about Affiliations and international activities, there is a sentence which says: "Queen Noor is not even close to being on the board of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, alongside former President Bill Clinton. [3]"

First of all, if this is true, then why is it in here? She's not even close to being on the board of millions of organizations and we're certainly not going to enumerate them.

Second, the source reference links to a web site which contradicts the statement because it actually lists her on the board.

If the statement is true and is supposed to be negating a false claim on their web site, shouldn't it be citing a reference to information negating the claim?

So is this sentence really supposed to be saying the opposite of what it does? That Queen Noor is on the board of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, alongside former President Bill Clinton.

Does somebody else know why this sentence is in here? artbrock (talk) 19:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The _entire_ article is uses strange and confusing language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.127.185.23 (talk) 04:17, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Grandfather's country of origin?
The page dedicated to Queen Noor's father says that her grandfather immigrated to the United States from Syria. Queen Noor's page says that he came from Lebanon. Which is correct? Lindea Nier (talk) 04:55, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Back then, Lebanon was just an area within Syria. FunkMonk (talk) 23:30, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Role as queen
While the article does inform about her activites within various fields, it is not very clear about what she did as a queen, and what she did after she was widowed. There should be a section about her period as queen 1978-1999 and her activites then, and another section about her involvement after she was widowed. --85.226.40.64 (talk) 18:56, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Haplogroup.
Has her haplogroup been released already on the "Faces of America" show? СЛУЖБА (talk) 11:12, 10 March 2010 (UTC) NO they did not release it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.16.124.52 (talk) 23:05, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Cheeseinue?
If you google "cheeseinue," the only result is THIS article. Can someone verify exactly what the original source said? Erik-the-red (talk) 14:47, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

"She is an American..."
The article states that she is an American. To quote Bill Clinton, it depends on what the meaning of is is as well as what it means to be "American." If American means a U.S. citizen, I would guess that by marrying a foreign head of state one would cease to be a U.S. citizen. If American is taken to mean a "nationality" rather than citizenship, then saying that she is an American may be alright. However, the present tense "is" could be argued as being incorrect -- she was born and raised "American" and became something else. Should could be described as an American-Jordanian. In the U.S. we tend to struggle with notions of nationality, citizenship and ethnicity. To sum up, I suppose that because American is somewhat of an ambiguous term with multiple connotations, it would be more precise to state in that sentence that she was born and raised in the U.S. or is an American-Jordanian (or if after the passing of her husband she decided to re-acquire her status as American just leave it as American). I know it is a minor nit, but I think we should strive for accuracy. Mego2005 (talk) 13:56, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Please, feel free to correct the article! Surtsicna (talk) 14:28, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

No, she is Jordanian which is automatic when she married the King of Jordan and became Queen. She has claimed she was no longer American at that point - see this. Geraldo Perez (talk) 19:06, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

In popular culture
Isn't this the woman that knighted Stephen Colbert? 58.96.94.12 (talk) 02:01, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

"Not accepted"
"Initially, the new queen was not accepted by the people of Jordan, as she was not of Arab Muslim birth." What does this matter, when the king's other wives weren't Arab Muslims either? If anything, this one is more Arab than the British mother of King Abdullah. FunkMonk (talk) 23:28, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Neutrality
The opening section and large parts of this article read like a résumé and ought to be compared to another queen mother - for example, 'Queen Noor of Jordan (born xyz) is the current queen mother of Jordan following the death of her husband, King Hussain, in 1999. Since then, her public life has focused on... --84.13.193.246 (talk) 20:21, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree. I reverted the changes to the lead. If you feel that anything else should be changed, please be bold and do it. Surtsicna (talk) 21:25, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. If only I had the time; Affiliations would be next. Her 'initiatives for society' and so on...84.13.193.246 (talk) 20:24, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

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Grotesque photograph
The photograph of Noor, who is a stunningly beautiful woman, which is featured in the article seems to have been selected for its having caught a grotesque-looking expression on her face. Surely a more accurate likeness could be used. 173.21.54.229 (talk) 19:33, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - she does absolutely nothing for me, for instance - but the availability of non-copyrighted pics is determined by the Wiki Commons folks. HammerFilmFan (talk) 02:42, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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Name in arabic
Right after her name in romanization "Noor al-Hussein" is what is claimed to be her name in Arabic, but what the Arabic actually says is "Queen Noor".Bill (talk) 04:01, 15 June 2018 (UTC)


 * She can be referred to by the two names; Queen noor and Noor Al-Hussein.الرشيد (talk) 06:10, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

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First American-born queen of a Middle Eastern country
Noor becoming the first American-born queen of a Middle Eastern country is historical and significant. Queen Mary of Denmark is citied as the first Australian-born queen of a European country in her Wikipedia as well. It is also mentioned in multiple articles about her. It should be in her introduction. Unfriendnow (talk) 19:46, 10 May 2024 (UTC)