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 JORDANFor 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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I don’t know if I’d put labels on myself, but I do feel that when women are empowered, they have the power to transform society.
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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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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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Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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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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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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My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
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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 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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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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