In Jordan Queen Rania is providing clear leadership for the people. See her own website, for example, where she speaks about empowering women, giving a voice to children and youth, and developing the community:

As we in Jordan work hard to develop our own vibrant connections, we look outward and applaud the success that our friends around the world are achieving by building, or in some cases, re-building, their own communities. We understand that all of us have similar hopes and mutual desires - safe places for ourselves and our children, a secure economic base, the freedom to enjoy nature’s bounty, and peaceful interaction with others. By connecting and cooperating, we can build that world, one community at a time.

Read/WriteWeb pointed out a new initiative in their post Queen Uses YouTube to Break Down Stereotypes:

The Queen, who has been an outspoken advocate of women’s rights and education reform in the Arab world, hopes to use the channel to facilitate a conversation with people in the West to dispel negative stereotypes about the Arabs and Muslims that have become especially prevalent over the past several years. …

“I want people to know the real Arab world - to see it unedited, unscripted and unfiltered - to see the personal side of my region - to know the places and faces and rituals and culture that shape the part of the world I call home.”

On YouTube - QueenRania’s Channel, we learn:

Queen Rania has played a significant role in reaching out to the global community to foster values of tolerance and acceptance, and increase cross-cultural dialogue.

Regionally and internationally, Queen Rania has campaigned for a greater understanding between cultures in such high profile forums as the Jeddah Economic Forum, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and the Skoll Foundation in the UK.

We hope to bring you some of these clips soon, but until then, Queen Rania wants you to join in this conversation to bring down stereotypes and build bridges between our virtual East-West communities.

So far there is one video response and a number of written comments. This is a channel to watch: it has the potential to bring about change in the world.

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