Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
One of the greatest survivors in the turbulent politics of the Middle East, King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan was often forced to walk a fine line between his sympathies for the West and his responsibilities as an Arab leader. He had been married three times previously, but it was only with his 1978 marriage to his beautiful fourth wife, American-born Lisa Najeeb-Halaby, crowned Queen Noor al-Hussein, that he would find happiness for the remainder of his life.
One of the greatest survivors in the turbulent politics of the Middle East, King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan was often forced to walk a fine line between his sympathies for the West and his responsibilities as an Arab leader. He had been married three times previously, but it was only with his 1978 marriage to his beautiful fourth wife, American-born Lisa Najeeb-Halaby, crowned Queen Noor al-Hussein, that he would find happiness for the remainder of his life.
