I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANReligion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANMuslim 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 JORDANOf 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?
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANModernity is not about dress codes.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANThe hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANOf course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANExtremism 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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANMy role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, ‘I wish I could do that.’
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANEducate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANAt 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.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANLearning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANMaybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don’t get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI’m amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDANI 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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