They sweetened my name to Abu el-Noor, calling it out whenever they saw me daydreaming.
Another reader, Linda Shinn, thought Noor should not have been sent back to Iraq.
One of his local commanders, Mohammed Noor, is reported to be in a critical condition.
The diamond came from the ancient Golconda mines, where the famous Koh-i-Noor and blue Hope Diamond originated.
In her house, Nancy displays a portrait of herself and her husband with Noor, Haider and Soad.
Soad gave her the eye when she met her in Kuwait to take Noor back to Baghdad.
Contrary to speculation, Noor says the 63-year-old monarch believed he was winning his battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Noor Khan is a Pakistani man who says his father was killed by a US drone strike.
The police chief and the prisoner in question were, of course, Rahim Noor and Anwar Ibrahim respectively.
Like many fabled European diamonds, including the Hope and Koh-I-Noor, it is believed to be of Indian origin.
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Childsrping International also set up a fund for Baby Noor and are still taking donations through their website.
One such example of the latter is Noor al-Zahra Haider, or as she's known worldwide, Baby Noor.
Prince Hamzeh, his 18-year-old half-brother and the elder son of Hussein's widow, Queen Noor, was appointed crown prince.
As for Mr Noor and his family, they still seem set on crossing the bridge and heading into Ethiopia.
Last month, Noor Fatima, a two-year-old Pakistani girl, was treated to heart surgery in the Indian city of Bangalore.
She is eager to see the photos and video of Noor I've brought.
I'd last seen Nancy Turner just days before she boarded a flight bound for Kuwait, with Noor in her arms.
Security forces and hundreds of villagers had been searching the mountains for Ito, said Noor Zaman, deputy director of Peshawar-kai.
It was then that Noor's grandmother boldly pleaded to the soldiers that without their help, this young child would die.
But Noor's story is just one of many and represents the greater need for humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged region.
Noor has been variously criticized for being an outsider, a jet-setter or a Western woman crusading in a conservative culture.
Noor's family is struggling to make sure the little girl gets the proper care she needs for her complex medical issues.
On Nancy's silver charm bracelet, there's a pair of baby shoes that a friend gave her when she became Noor's temporary mother.
Jeff Morgan, the soldier who set Noor's journey in motion, says everyone knew coping with life would never be easy for Noor.
Baby Noor was born with spina bifida, a birth defect in which the vertebrae do not form completely around the spinal cord.
The family showed enormous courage to bring Noor to America, Hudgins says.
As Noor enumerates her projects, it is clear that she would like to continue the activist role she pioneered for Arab women.
In the latter half of 2011, the Dubai-based Noor Islamic Bank, under pressure from the US Treasury, stopped clearing Iran's oil money.
The troops brought Noor, her father and grandmother back to Camp Liberty while planning her transport to the United States for proper care.
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