My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.

I had to educate myself about female circumcision, about the clitoris, about sexology. We studied gynecology only. Pregnancy, maternal care, etc.

I've lived here [in Egypt] among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and Muslims and Baha'is and Sunni and Shia. The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular.

We cannot be liberated as women in a society built on class oppression or gender oppression or religious oppression.

I knew I hated him as only a woman can hate a man, as only a slave can hate his master.

What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that are understood without the need for any help from elite writers or thinkers.

I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.