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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.

Queen Rania of Jordan

Being queen is overrated.
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Being Overrated People Queens
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.
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Believe Out Speaks Thinking
We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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Judging People Stereotype
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Course Democracy Process
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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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.
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Common Sense Girl Moral
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Changing Dream Jobs Life
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
Modernity is not about dress codes.
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Code Dress Dresses Modernity
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.
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Children Daunting Empowerment Opportunity Safety Women
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Great Teacher Transform Good
I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
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Loses Sleep Worry
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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Believe Rich Understanding
When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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Cascade Educated Girl
Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Exclusive Modernity Religion
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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