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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up mostly because my sister is currently living in Amman, Jordan while she spends a semester abroad as part of her college studies.   Before she had announced her intentions of leaving for the Middle East, my knowledge of Jordan was limited to what I had heard on the news and pick...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/519014">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is really fascinating. As other reviewers have noted, it is about an American-born woman with Arab roots who marries the King of Jordan. <br/><br/>Queen Noor's revelations about her day to day life as Queen of Jordan are fascinating. She tries to explain how she went from Lisa Halaby to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74096444">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I first picked up this book because I was able to hear Queen Noor speak at my sister graduation ceremony at William and Mary back on Mother's Day in 2003.  I was very impressed by her as she spoke of the importance of mothers.  I very much enjoyed the book even though I did not get as many of her th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57812570">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So I have to be honest. I didn't finish this book. I realized that the only thing I was curious about was who Queen Noor was, where she came from and how she met the King. Once I got through that part I lost my interest...especially when I had 2 other books waiting in the wings that I really wanted ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50290612">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is book two in our Book Club.  I have read it before, but had forgotten most of it.  I think the political parts take over the story and we less about her real life and how she felt as the foreigner queen than the public persona.  I think it was very edited to fit into a certain box that was ex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53912776">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to admit that I skipped through some of this book. It was just too detailed about *everything*. At first, those details were interesting, but I feel it bogged down the rest of the book to the point that it overshadowed the historical aspect of her life with King Hussein.<br/><br/>She most c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52402985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[   This was an interesting book to read in light of the current events in the Middle East, especially the Palestinian situation.  <br/><br/>   I found that there were times I was frustrated with Noor Al-Hussein stating how she felt for the poor of her country.  She's traveling the world, has a hou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36383445">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very interesting book.  I have to say, I didn’t agree with a lot of the politics mentioned in this book. However, this book was loaded with great info on the Israel/Palestinian conflict, Iran/Iraq war. The 6- day war, etc.  I thought the perspective was very unique. An American born wom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32236253">more...</a>]]></body>
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