Women are half the society. You cannot have a revolution without women. You cannot have democracy without women. You cannot have equality without women. You can't have anything without women.

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

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.

You poor, deluded woman...do you believe there is any such thing as love?...You're living an illusion. Do you believe the words of love they whisper in the ears of penniless women like us?

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

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.