Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes

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

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

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
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