The 60+ Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes

I Work In Areas Related To Child Protection And Family Safety, Women's Empowerment, The Creation Of Opportunities For Youth, And Culture And Tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In Fact, Such Challenges Energize Me.

Religion And Modernity Are Not Necessarily Mutually Exclusive.

Everybody's Social Life In Jordan Revolves Around Family.

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?

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.

It Isn't Often That The Logic Behind A Policy Is So Clear. But When It Comes To The Value Of Educating Girls, The Evidence Speaks For Itself.

There Are So Many Misperceptions And Stereotypes Out There That I Would Love To See Clarified One Day.

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.

First Of All, In Many Muslim Countries Women Have Incredible Amounts Of Freedom, Sometimes More Than In Some Countries In Europe. So You Cannot Just Make A Generalized Statement About Women. Second, Islam Is Not The Problem. It's Tradition. It's Culture. It's Age-old Mind-sets That Need To Be Changed.

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.

Today, I Join King Abdullah In Paris To Stand In Solidarity With The People Of France In Their Darkest Hour...to Stand In Unity Against Extremism In All Its Forms And To Stand Up For Our Cherished Faith, Islam. And So That The Lasting Image Of These Terrible Events Is An Unprecedented Outpouring Of Sympathy And Support Between People Of All Faiths And Cultures.

People Sometimes Think Of 'queen' As A Title That's Shrouded With Protocol And Formality, And For That Reason Sometimes People Are Not Easily Saying What They Want To Say. They're Reluctant To Express Their Opinions, And I Kind Of Find That Frustrating Because I Want To Know What People Really, Really Think.