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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANOf 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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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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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 don’t believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.
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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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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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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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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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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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Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
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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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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
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