Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'

There is not a revolution that succeeded in a few months. It takes years, even decades, to fulfill its goals. I am very hopeful because I trust the revolution and feel nobody can really conquer a nation that has decided to be united and to fight, and we decided to fight. The revolution is there, inside the Egyptians by the millions.

Everybody has to die, Firdaus. I will die, and you will die. The important thing is how to live until you die.

The tracing of a child's lineage and its name with reference to the father, though it has lasted for many thousands of years, has not become any the more natural or reasonable as a result.

Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution [of Egypt]. We cannot be liberated as women in a society built on class oppression or gender oppression or religious oppression.