tolerance

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department –Amman) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah met, today, with Ms. Mireia Belil, Director General of the Universal Forum of Cultures Foundation (UFC), Ms. Cristina Gabarro, Project Director at (UFC), and HE Mayor of Amman, Omar Al Ma’ani, to discuss Amman’s candidacy as host city for the (UFC) for the year 2016.

During the meeting, Queen Rania expressed her hope that Amman will host the forum, as it has been playing a key role in promoting tolerance, peaceful coexistence, cultural diversity and sustainable development.

(Office of Her Majesty- Press Department- Chicago) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah opened, today, the International Reading Association’s (IRA) 55th Annual Convention by championing global literacy, both as a means to lift the lives of impoverished communities, and as a way to overcome intolerance and mistrust between countries.

During her speech, attended by literacy professionals, teachers, librarians, academics, publishers, students, and book-clubs organizers, Queen Rania told the story of Gcina Mphole, a woman she met in South Africa.

Oprah Winfrey (OW): Yes we are live, thank you, live in Chicago. So like, like so many of you she’s a working mother, she does car pool, and is known to make a mean chocolate chip cookie. But she also lives in a gorgeous palace, and is referred to as Her Majesty. Queen Rania of Jordan is one of the most intriguing and beautiful women on the planet. Take a look. She’s a modern monarch on a mission....

HMQ: If you educate a girl, you educate the future.

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Thank you, Kathryn.

You know, if people were like books, I think you would be a page turner. Decorated and distinguished at every stage of your career – as a teacher, academic, advocate for literacy, and now IRA’s president –you have inspired people of all ages and abilities, especially those who don’t know the joy of writing their name…or reading the opening sentence in a novel.