Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANThe youth are the catalysts for real change.
More Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes
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I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.
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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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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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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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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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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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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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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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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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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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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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 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.
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I’m amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
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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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