When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANWhen 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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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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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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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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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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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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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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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 want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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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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It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right.
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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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