When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANWhen girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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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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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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We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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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.
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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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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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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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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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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 want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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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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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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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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