We see our homeland more clearly when we are away from it than when we are in it.

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

Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

Women were everywhere in the revolution. Women participated in it, and many women were killed. Then we had the right to speak up and gain some more rights, but what happened was there was a backlash. Why? Because we have the Salafists, Muslim Brothers, religious groups.

I now knew that all of us were prostitutes who sold themselves at varying prices, and that an expensive prostitute was better than a cheap one.

Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

We see our homeland more clearly when we are away from it than when we are in it.