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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

Queen Rania of Jordan

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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Devotion God Mean People
The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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Description Jobs Queens
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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People Population Thinking
There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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Day Misperception One Stereotype
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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Believe Rich Understanding
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Changing Dream Jobs Life
My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
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Focus Gossip Rumor
Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Exclusive Modernity Religion
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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By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive – and that precludes everything.
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Everything Goal Lines Precludes Self
The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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Catalyst Real Youth
I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Born Political Will
Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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Changing Future Girl World
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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Believe Culture Perception
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Course Democracy Process
We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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Judging People Stereotype