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Queen Rania of Jordan

Extremism is not endemic in my region, nor is anti-Western sentiment. No doubt there is discontent and distrust. That is towards more the American and some Western policies, and not toward the American people.
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Distrust Doubt People
Modernity is not about dress codes.
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Code Dress Dresses Modernity
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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Children Daunting Empowerment Opportunity Safety Women
Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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Changing Future Girl World
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.
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Believe Out Speaks Thinking
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Course Democracy Process
Being queen is overrated.
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Being Overrated People Queens
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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Clothes Creative Expression
I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Person Sacrifice Want
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
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Great Teacher Transform Good
It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right.
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Fleeting Judgment Television
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
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
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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Believe Children World
The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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Catalyst Real Youth