Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.

There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women’s rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and fight for themselves.

I thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.

read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.

We felt like the Taliban saw us as little dolls to control, telling us what to do and how to dress. I thought if God wanted us to be like that He wouldn't have made us all different.

They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.