In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.

You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.

My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.

When women earn the money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income, everyone wins because women dedicate 90% of the income to health, education, to food security, to the children, to the family, or to the community, so when women have an income, everybody wins.

By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.

As a vibrant force in civil society, women continue to press for their rights, equal participation in decision-making, and the upholding of the principles of the revolution by the highest levels of leadership in Egypt.

Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.