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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.

Queen Rania of Jordan

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Person Sacrifice Want
Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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Exclusive Modernity Religion
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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Believe Out Speaks Thinking
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
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
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Course Democracy Process
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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Distrust Doubt People
I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Born Political Will
My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
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Models People Role Wish
Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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Changing Future Girl World
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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Day End Essence Important
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Changing Dream Jobs Life
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
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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Hurt People Women World
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