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?
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANOf course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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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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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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By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive – and that precludes everything.
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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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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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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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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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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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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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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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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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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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