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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANModernity is not about dress codes.
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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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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 don’t believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.
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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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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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Being queen is overrated.
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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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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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There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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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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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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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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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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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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