I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.

The real mistake of women was to let the memoir, the collective, the history, space of producing history - to let it in the hands of men.

One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.

I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.

Nature is woman's best friend,' she [Yasmina] often said. 'If you're having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or look up at the stars. That's how a woman cures her fears'.

Writing is one of the most ancient forms of prayer. To write is to believe communication is possible that other people are good, that you can awaken their generosity and their desire to do better.

Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.