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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

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
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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Our Thinking Today World
There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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Day Misperception One Stereotype
The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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Description Jobs Queens
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Changing Dream Jobs Life
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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Common Sense Girl Moral
Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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Changing Future Girl World
Extremism is not endemic in my region, nor is anti-Western sentiment. No doubt there is discontent and distrust. That is towards more the American and some Western policies, and not toward the American people.
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Distrust Doubt People
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
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Course Democracy Process
I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Born Political Will
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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Believe Out Speaks Thinking
I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Person Sacrifice Want
Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Exclusive Modernity Religion
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
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