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 JORDANOf course, I tweet. Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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Being queen is overrated.
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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 role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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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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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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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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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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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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Of course, I tweet. Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
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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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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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