When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it’s not common sense yet.
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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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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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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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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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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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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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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I don’t think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.
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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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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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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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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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