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My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.

Queen Rania of Jordan

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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Devotion God Mean People
Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Changing Future Girl World
There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Day Misperception One Stereotype
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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

People Population Thinking
Being queen is overrated.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Being Overrated People Queens
I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Loses Sleep Worry
My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Models People Role Wish
Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Protect Shields Throw
Muslim 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 JORDAN

Believe Out Speaks Thinking
I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Person Sacrifice Want
When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Cascade Educated Girl
I don’t believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Believe Culture Perception
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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Common Sense Girl Moral
I don’t believe that there is fair enough understanding of either our status as women or the total context of our lives, which is very rich and multi-faceted.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Believe Rich Understanding
My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Focus Gossip Rumor
By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive – and that precludes everything.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Everything Goal Lines Precludes Self