Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI don’t believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.
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I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
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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.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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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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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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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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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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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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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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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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