Modernity is not about dress codes.
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.
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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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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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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I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.
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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 youth are the catalysts for real change.
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Look at any country that’s plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society’s ills.
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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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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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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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