I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANWe shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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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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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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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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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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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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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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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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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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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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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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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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