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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANSocial 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.
More Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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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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Being queen is overrated.
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My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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I don’t think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.
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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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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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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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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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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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