We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
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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 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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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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The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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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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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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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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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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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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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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Social 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.
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Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
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