The job description for a queen changes with the times.

I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.

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.

Look at any country that's plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society's ills.

Modernity is not about dress codes.

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.

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