Image Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan is an international humanitarian activist and an outspoken voice on issues of world peace and justice.

Queen Noor is actively involved in a number of international organizations advancing global peace-building and conflict recovery. She is the president of the United World Colleges, Chair of the United Nations University International Leadership Academy, a member of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), Trustee of the Aspen Institute, Refugees International (RI), World Wildlife Fund International (WWF), Conservation International (CI), Founding President & Honorary President Emeritus of BirdLife International. In 1995, she received the United Nations Environment Program Global 500 Award for her activism in environmental protection and advocacy and is Patron of the World Conservation Union, the Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) and advisor to Women Waging Peace, and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Image

In recognition of her efforts to advance development, democracy, and peace, Queen Noor has been awarded numerous awards and honorary doctorates in international relations, law and humane letters. In the picture seen here she Queen Noor receives the Khalil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award from the Arab American Institute in Washington, DC, April 2002. 

She is also actively involved with international and UN organizations that address global challenges in these fields. Queen Noor has played a major role in promoting international exchange and understanding of Middle Eastern politics, Arab-Western relations, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as refugees, missing persons, poverty and disarmament.

Since her marriage in 1978 to King Hussein, Queen Noor has founded and sponsored initiatives in Jordan to address specific national needs in the areas of education, health sustainable development, women's empowerment, human rights and cross cultural understanding.
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Since 1980, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation (NHF) which she chairs have successfully advanced and modernized development thinking in Jordan by progressing beyond traditional charity-oriented social welfare practices to integrate social development strategies more closely with national economic priorities. NHF programs have received international recognition for their pioneering success in the areas of poverty eradication, women's economic empowerment, cross cultural exchange and micro-finance.

Queen Noor also chairs the King Hussein Foundation (KHF), and the King Hussein Foundation International (KHFI) founded in 1999 to promote and build on King Hussein's humanitarian vision and legacy in Jordan and the international community. The foundations' work promotes cross-cultural dialogue and understanding and, building on efforts in Jordan, advances social, economic and political opportunity in the Arab and Muslim world.

Image KHFI, headquartered in the United States, sponsors the annual King Hussein Leadership Prize (KHLP) which recognizes and supports individuals, groups or institutions that demonstrate inspiring and courageous leadership in their efforts to promote sustainable development, human rights, tolerance, equity and peace.

Past recipients have included Professor Muhammad Yunus, Médecins Sans Frontières , Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu , Mary Robinson , OneVoice (Israel-Palestine), Seeds of Peace, The Arab Human Development Report, Dr. Rola Dashti (Kuwait) , Saliha Djuderija (Bosnia Herzegovina). The KHLP is awarded at an annual dinner and dialogue that serves as a platform for next generation peace-builders attended by world leaders such as President Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan.

In April 2007, at the Tribeca Film Festival, the foundation launched the Media and Humanity program to highlight and expand access to film and media projects that promote tolerant, balanced understanding of our common humanity- values, rights and aspirations across social, economic, political and cultural divides.

Image Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan is an international humanitarian activist and an outspoken voice on issues of world peace and justice.

Queen Noor is actively involved in a number of international organizations advancing global peace-building and conflict recovery. She is the president of the United World Colleges, Chair of the United Nations University International Leadership Academy, a member of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), Trustee of the Aspen Institute, Refugees International (RI), World Wildlife Fund International (WWF), Conservation International (CI), Founding President & Honorary President Emeritus of BirdLife International. In 1995, she received the United Nations Environment Program Global 500 Award for her activism in environmental protection and advocacy and is Patron of the World Conservation Union, the Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) and advisor to Women Waging Peace, and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Image

In recognition of her efforts to advance development, democracy, and peace, Queen Noor has been awarded numerous awards and honorary doctorates in international relations, law and humane letters. In the picture seen here she Queen Noor receives the Khalil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award from the Arab American Institute in Washington, DC, April 2002. 

She is also actively involved with international and UN organizations that address global challenges in these fields. Queen Noor has played a major role in promoting international exchange and understanding of Middle Eastern politics, Arab-Western relations, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as refugees, missing persons, poverty and disarmament.

Since her marriage in 1978 to King Hussein, Queen Noor has founded and sponsored initiatives in Jordan to address specific national needs in the areas of education, health sustainable development, women's empowerment, human rights and cross cultural understanding.
Image
Since 1980, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation (NHF) which she chairs have successfully advanced and modernized development thinking in Jordan by progressing beyond traditional charity-oriented social welfare practices to integrate social development strategies more closely with national economic priorities. NHF programs have received international recognition for their pioneering success in the areas of poverty eradication, women's economic empowerment, cross cultural exchange and micro-finance.

Queen Noor also chairs the King Hussein Foundation (KHF), and the King Hussein Foundation International (KHFI) founded in 1999 to promote and build on King Hussein's humanitarian vision and legacy in Jordan and the international community. The foundations' work promotes cross-cultural dialogue and understanding and, building on efforts in Jordan, advances social, economic and political opportunity in the Arab and Muslim world.

Image KHFI, headquartered in the United States, sponsors the annual King Hussein Leadership Prize (KHLP) which recognizes and supports individuals, groups or institutions that demonstrate inspiring and courageous leadership in their efforts to promote sustainable development, human rights, tolerance, equity and peace.

Past recipients have included Professor Muhammad Yunus, Médecins Sans Frontières , Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu , Mary Robinson , OneVoice (Israel-Palestine), Seeds of Peace, The Arab Human Development Report, Dr. Rola Dashti (Kuwait) , Saliha Djuderija (Bosnia Herzegovina). The KHLP is awarded at an annual dinner and dialogue that serves as a platform for next generation peace-builders attended by world leaders such as President Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan.

In April 2007, at the Tribeca Film Festival, the foundation launched the Media and Humanity program to highlight and expand access to film and media projects that promote tolerant, balanced understanding of our common humanity- values, rights and aspirations across social, economic, political and cultural divides.