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

Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.

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.

I was inspired by my life. I was inspired by the lives of many women doctors around me. So [Memoirs of a Woman Doctor ] is a mixture.

During the '80s I wrote Memoirs from the Women's Prison. This is one of my most important books. It came out in Arabic in '83. About my experience in prison.

When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.

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.