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| | National Press Club -- Queen Noor |
 | | American-born Queen Noor of Jordan may have withdrawn to the sidelines since the death in 1999 of her husband, King Hussein, but she remains active in the life of her adopted country. |
 | | Wife of the king for 21 years and now mother of Jordan’s Crown Prince Hamzah, she has long straddled two cultures, sometimes in the face of criticism that she was too American or too outspoken. |
 | | She has put a stamp on many aspects of life in Jordan, especially in areas of particular interest to her: mother and child health care, education, women’s development, environmental protection, culture, and public architecture and planning. |
| www.npr.org /programs/npc/2001/010308.qnoor.html (360 words) |
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