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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By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive – and that precludes everything.
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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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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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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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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 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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Look at any country that’s plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society’s ills.
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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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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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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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