People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.

People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.

I am very grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded.

Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.

How women view religion's role in society is shaped more by their own country's culture and context than one monolithic view that religion is simply bad for women.

I think what speaks loudest and what speaks to your point is the blood that's spilling from Australia, to now California. I mean, how much blood has to be spilled until we recognize inside of a Muslim community that with do have an ideological problem?

I'm not in the business of changing policies. I hope to inform, not form, decisions.