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While Leap of Faith is primarily the author Queen Noor’s memoir and a tribute to her late husband King Hussein of Jordan, what I like most about this book is the author's explanations about the history of conflicts in the "Middle East" region. I usually consider the Israel - Palestine conflict "too daunting" to think about. Leap of Faith wraps history and political science lessons about a complex and tragic regional situation within a story of royal life and intrigue, keeping me turning the page
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A very long memoir. It started out slow and seemed at first to be a book about how great she is, but upon finishing it I think it is a very interesting and behind the scenes look at the Queen. Yes, she does list a lot of accomplishments, but she was a Queen and she had the opportunity to do a lot of good, so maybe she deserves a couple hundred pages to refute some rumors, give her side of things for once, and tell what good she tried to accomplish. It does give the Jordanian perspective and artf
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May 17, 2013
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