I’m amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANWe look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, ‘Well, that’s their problem.’ But it’s not. … When you solve somebody else’s problem, you’re solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.
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I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.
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Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women’s empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.
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Being queen is overrated.
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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don’t get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
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By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive – and that precludes everything.
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