On one hand, this is a glossy and decorous account of the queen's unusual experiences, with a polite tendency to accentuate the positive. Leap of Faith will not dispel its author's impression that she has often been misunderstood. With her husband being not only Jordan's monarch but the spiritual leader of all Muslims, Lisa was unsure what her role would be.
Currently-lives in Jordan, Washington, D.C., and Londonīorn in 1951 to a distinguished Arab-American family, Lisa Najeeb Halaby became the fourth wife of King Hussein at age 27. This fascinating memoir provides a unique perspective on three eventful decades of world history and on relations between the United States and the Arab world. The former Lisa Halaby discusses her late husband, King Hussein I (1935–99), and his tireless quest for peace in the Middle East her conversion to Islam and her love for the people of Jordan her difficult adjustment to royal life and her evolving role as a humanitarian activist and her political and personal views on Islam and the West. The dramatic story of an emancipated young woman who became the fourth wife of a powerful Arab monarch, Leap of Faith is the intriguing autobiography of Jordan’s American-born Queen Noor. 
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life
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