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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.

Queen Rania of Jordan

My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
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Focus Gossip Rumor
The youth are the catalysts for real change.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Catalyst Real Youth
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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Clothes Creative Expression
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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Empowered Feels Labels
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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Expressison Home Husband Personal Son
Modernity is not about dress codes.
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Code Dress Dresses Modernity
There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Day Misperception One Stereotype
We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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Judging People Stereotype
Being queen is overrated.
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Being Overrated People Queens
Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
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Protect Shields Throw
I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Born Political Will
I don’t believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Believe Culture Perception
The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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Description Jobs Queens
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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Fleeting Judgment Television
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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Fighting Media Rights
I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Loses Sleep Worry