Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANBeing queen is overrated.
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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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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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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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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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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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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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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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Being queen is overrated.
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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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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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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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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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