Now That's Using Your CrownAs girls around the world play with their presents, most of them will surely have princess paraphernalia to play with and dream of Prince Charming to take them away to a castle far far away. Instead of popping those dreams, why not point out that princesses have real work to do and it's not just looking pretty?
Rania Al-Yassin became Princess Rania and then Queen Rania of Jordon and has consistently used her platform to help progress women and girls rights around the world and to breakdown stereotypes of Muslims. In November of 2008, Queen Rania became the first person to win the YouTube Visionary award:
The Queen serves as an inspiration and an example to all who are trying to find a way to make positive differences in this world with nothing more than a desire to fulfill a mission, a message -- and a camera.
Her acceptance video showcases her humor, but I prefer her video on what Arab women are up to:
Now that's using YouTube for much more than watching hamsters eating or dancing. If you could use YouTube in this manner, what topic would you tackle?
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WOW!!!
Now that's a princess aspiration to cultivate!!!!
Go Queen Rania! (and YouTube too~ for creating an award for such brilliance!)
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Her Highness is committed to her people and clearly showing the way. Her husband loves his people and demonstrates it repeatedly. I say this after spending 10 days in Jordan listening and observing the Jordanian people. Go Queen Rania!
YW KR.
Anon, thanks for sharing your experience!