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Kennedy to head the Federal Aviation Administration. As the family often relocates because of Najeeb's career, Lisa's education takes her from D. to Manhattan, and to Massachusetts, before she enters Princeton University with its first coeducational freshman class, enrolling 149 female students along with some 3,000 male students. She founded the King Hussein Foundation (KHF) in 1979 and launched a youth initiative, the International Arab Youth Congress, in 1980.She is also involved with a number of other international organizations advancing global peace-building, conflict recovery and women's rights.Harry Smith narrates this episode (premiering on November 01, 1999) detailing the life of Lisa Najeeb Halaby from her 1951 birth, in Washington, D.

"When I married my husband there wasn’t a precedent [for royal spouses to speak out on political issues]," she said.

Queen Noor inherited eight step children and the couple had four of their own – Crown Prince Hamzah, Prince Hashim, Princess Iman and Princess Raiyah.

When her husband died in February 1999 his eldest son, from his first marriage, Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein ascended the throne.

She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.

Upon her marriage she accepted the royal name Noor Al-Hussein ("Light of Hussein").