Queen Rania is an extremely attractive hypocrite

Yesterday (while I was writing oddly descriptive screeds about jellyfish) Haaretz reported that Queen Rania, the extremely attractive wife of King Abdullah II, has turned down numerous offers to have her children's book translated into Hebrew.

What is her children's book about? Building friendships despite cultural preconceptions. She's been everywhere from Oprah's couch to the White House to spread her message of tolerance. In the story, two little girls hate each other because one brings peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to school while the other brings pita and hummus. They start a food fight but everything works out in the end when they decide to swap sandwiches.

Unfortunately, swapping sandwiches is not a metaphor for translating your work into the language of your neighbor whom you're technically at peace with. Perhaps there is a greater lesson here: don't eat sandwiches at all and then you'll look like Queen Rania.