I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself..

The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women..

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..

Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world….

My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'.

We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resour….

Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are ... Each of us must decide what kind of person we wan….

Polls show that Arabs admire a lot of the Western values, cultural aspects in the West. It is more about policies than about way of life..

Being queen is overrated..

I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona..

If you educate a boy, you educate a person, but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community.” An entire community….

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 ….

I really feel that political will is born out of popular will..

My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I'd rather not focus on that..

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 ri….

You cannot kill an ideology with a bullet. You can only kill it with a better idea..

Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform..

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….

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 valu….

The more time goes on, the closer I am to the ground. I've been exposed to so many issues and people living under different pressures. It's helped me….

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 ….