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QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANReligion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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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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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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 really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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I don’t believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.
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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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Extremism is not endemic in my region, nor is anti-Western sentiment. No doubt there is discontent and distrust. That is towards more the American and some Western policies, and not toward the American people.
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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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Being queen is overrated.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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We 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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There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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