I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the connection and insights gained from being online while expressing fear of losing these connections.
Queen Rania of Jordan emphasizes the importance of digital connectivity in understanding and engaging with the lives of others. She acknowledges that the internet offers a unique perspective into different experiences, but also expresses a concern that the fast-paced online world could lead to a disconnection from meaningful relationships in real life.
In practice
In a speech about the impact of social media on modern relationships.
Now and always, hard-line policy and those who embrace it are vessels for darker forces that are at once self-cannibalizing and combustible. No good can come of them. They are unsustainable because their sense of righteousness denies human worth.
If you educate a boy, you educate a person, but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community.β An entire community - now that is really interesting! Then I found the quote changed a little more on the Kingdom of Jordan website by her Royal Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan during her interview with Oprah Winfrey. Queen Rania relates the quote in these words: βAs you educate a woman, you educate the family. If you educate the girls, you educate the future.
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