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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.

Queen Rania of Jordan

We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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Judging People Stereotype
I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Born Political Will
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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Day End Essence Important
There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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Day Misperception One Stereotype
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Course Democracy Process
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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Fleeting Judgment Television
I don’t know if I’d put labels on myself, but I do feel that when women are empowered, they have the power to transform society.
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Empowered Feels Labels
When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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Cascade Educated Girl
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Great Teacher Transform Good
Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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Changing Future Girl World
Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
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Protect Shields Throw
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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Clothes Creative Expression
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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Country Girl Looks
The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
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Communist Hardest Misperception Religion Women
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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Devotion God Mean People
The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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Description Jobs Queens