There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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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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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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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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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 believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.
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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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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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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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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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Being queen is overrated.
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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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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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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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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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