My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
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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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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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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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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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Look at any country that’s plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society’s ills.
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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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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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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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I’m amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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