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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI 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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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 really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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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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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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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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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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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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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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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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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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