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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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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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Description Jobs Queens
Being queen is overrated.
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Being Overrated People Queens
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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Hurt People Women World
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
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.
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Day End Essence Important
Modernity is not about dress codes.
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Code Dress Dresses Modernity
I don’t think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.
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People Population Thinking
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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Believe Children World
My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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Models People Role Wish
The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
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Communist Hardest Misperception Religion Women
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Course Democracy Process
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Great Teacher Transform Good
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
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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Fighting Media Rights
The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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Catalyst Real Youth