I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANFor 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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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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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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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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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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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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Being queen is overrated.
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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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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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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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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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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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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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