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QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANLook 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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There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Modernity is not about dress codes.
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Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.
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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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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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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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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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We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, ‘Well, that’s their problem.’ But it’s not. … When you solve somebody else’s problem, you’re solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.
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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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Being queen is overrated.
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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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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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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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