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.
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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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Being queen is overrated.
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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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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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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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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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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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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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The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
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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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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 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.
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My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
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