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 JORDANLearning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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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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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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Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone’s rights. It’s where we’re reminded that we’re all human and all equal. It’s where people can find and fight for a cause, global or local, popular or specialized, even when there are hundreds of miles between them.
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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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My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.
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The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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The youth are the catalysts for real change.
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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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The job description for a queen changes with the times.
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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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I don’t think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.
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