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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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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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My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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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’m amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
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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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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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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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When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it’s not common sense yet.
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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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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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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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