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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.[reply]

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.[reply]

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)[reply]

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 76.105.150.19 ([[User talk:{[[User:76.105.150.19}|76.105.150.19}]] ([[User talk:76.105.150.19}|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/76.105.150.19}|contribs]] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/whois/gateway.py?lookup=true&ip=76.105.150.19}

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]