Honours
- Honorary Degree of Doctors of Laws, As-syafiiyah Islamic University, Indonesia, (May 2011).
- Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA, (May 2010).
- WAGGGS' World Citizenship Award, June (2005)
- Dr. Jushichiro Naito International Childcare Award, (June 2001)
- Honorary Person for the International Year of Volunteers 2001, Jordan, (2001).
- The UNESCO 50 Years Commemorative Medal, (March 2000).
- Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws of the University of Reading, UK, (July 1998)
- Arab Woman of the Year 1995 (Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting of the Fourth World Conference on Women)
- Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, (1994)
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