But most of all this is a love story - an honest and engaging portrait of a truly remarkable woman and the man she married. This moving memoir provides a timely look at. Anyone who loved The King and I will readily warm to the love story of Queen Noor and. Miramax, 25.95 (480pp) ISBN 978-0-7868-6717-2. Leap of faith : memoirs of an unexpected life Bookreader Item Preview. With her husband being not only Jordan's monarch but the spiritual leader of all Muslims, Lisa was unsure what her role would be. LEAP OF FAITH: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life. Born in 1951 to a distinguished Arab-American family, Lisa Najeeb Halaby became the fourth wife of King Hussein at age 27. She tells of her heartbreaking miscarriage and the births of her four children, along with her continuing support for King Hussein's campaign to bring peace to the Arab nations. Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life.

With eloquence and honesty, Queen Noor speaks of the obstacles she faced as a young bride and of her successful struggle to create a role for herself as a humanitarian activist. After a whirlwind romance, she became Noor Al Hussein, Queen of Jordan. Sharing a personal perspective on the past three decades of world history, Leap of Faith highlights Queen Noor's views on Islam and the West the challenges of rearing her family her. Then, in 1974, her life took a very different turn, when her father introduced her to the world's most eligible bachelor, King Hussein of Jordan. Leap of Faith : Memoirs of an Unexpected Life ( 2003) is a book written by Queen Noor of Jordan, wife of the late Jordanian King Hussein I. After studying architecture at Princeton, her work on projects in the Middle East gave her a profound understanding both of the links between the environment and social problems, and also of the tumultuous history of the Arab nations. Queen Noor of Jordan is the last wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan.

Born into a distinguished Arab-American family, Lisa Halaby was a strongly independent young woman.

Leap of Faith by Queen Noor