Arabic at GSU: Queen Rania 2

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Queen Rania 2

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AnonymousSeptember 29, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Queen Rania seems to be a wonderful example of modern royalty. Even though she is queen, she still tries to live a down to earth life and raise her children in the same way. Her support for education for girls around the world is great and is something that will always need aid.
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AnonymousSeptember 30, 2012 at 9:27 PM
I rather enjoyed watching the videos about Jordan and queen Rania. At first it seemed like king Abdullah II was a "rockstar" king when he road in on his motorcycle but he seemed to be focused on running the country of Jordan. It was humbling to watch queen Rania speak out about the welfare of young women in not just Jordan but the entire world. She gets a lot of cool points for mentioning Scooby Doo and peanut butter and jelly in the same segment!
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AnonymousSeptember 30, 2012 at 9:46 PM
First of all, one of my least favorite foods in the world is peanut butter and jelly, so I can't say much for the Queen's food taste, but she appears to be a wonderful individual. All of the understanding she is attempting to exude into the world will have a huge impact on the upcoming generations. I really hope that her plans for Girl Up come to fruition, because it'll be the makings of something great.
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AnonymousOctober 8, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Queen Rania seemed very educated herself. I can really appreciate what she is trying to do as far as education reform for women. Her reasons why were very accurate and understandable. It also seemed she had a very good understanding of the world outside her country and was also understanding of people here in the states can be towards people from her area of the world.
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inbaratiOctober 10, 2012 at 1:36 AM
I'm proud to say I am one of Queen Rania's 1.3 million twitter followers. She's such an amazing woman. I like what she said about the real battle being extremists versus moderates. The answer to extremism is never more extremism. I love her views on education and making the world a better place, and how she wants to leverage the power of social networking for social justice. She's just such a brilliant woman.
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