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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.

Queen Rania of Jordan

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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

Believe Out Speaks Thinking
There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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Day Misperception One Stereotype
When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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Cascade Educated Girl
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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Believe Rich Understanding
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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Clothes Creative Expression
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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Devotion God Mean People
Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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Great Teacher Transform Good
I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.
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Believe Children World
The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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Catalyst Real Youth
The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
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Communist Hardest Misperception Religion Women
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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Fleeting Judgment Television
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Changing Dream Jobs Life
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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Expressison Home Husband Personal Son
Modernity is not about dress codes.
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Code Dress Dresses Modernity
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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Empowered Feels Labels
Being queen is overrated.
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Being Overrated People Queens