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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANBy 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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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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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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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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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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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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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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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.
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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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