It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Of course, I tweet. Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone’s rights. It’s where we’re reminded that we’re all human and all equal. It’s where people can find and fight for a cause, global or local, popular or specialized, even when there are hundreds of miles between them.
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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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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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Muslim women must stand up and speak out about who we are, what we believe and where we are going. I think we need to know that our counterparts in the west are also willing to listen and reciprocate.
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I don’t know if I’d put labels on myself, but I do feel that when women are empowered, they have the power to transform society.
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I don’t believe that there is fair enough understanding of either our status as women or the total context of our lives, which is very rich and multi-faceted.
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I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It’s really your essence and your values that are important.
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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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There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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