There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANSocial 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.
More Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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Of course, I tweet. Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
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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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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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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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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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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 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 want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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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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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’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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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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