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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANLook 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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANThe hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANValues are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANOf course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI 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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANModernity is not about dress codes.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANExtremism 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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI’m amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANReligion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANMy role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANAt 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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANMuslim women must stand up and speak out about who we are, what we believe and where we are going. I think we need to know that our counterparts in the west are also willing to listen and reciprocate.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANMaybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don’t get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANBeing queen is overrated.
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