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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI 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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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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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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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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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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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right.
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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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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.
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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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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
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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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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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