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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANMuslim 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.
More Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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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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I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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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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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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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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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Being queen is overrated.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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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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