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

You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.

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.

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.

Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith.

Prostitution means sexual intercourse between a man and a woman aimed at satisfying the man's sexual and the woman's economic needs. It is obvious that sexual needs, even in a male dominated system, are not as urgent and important as economic needs which, if not satisfied, lead to disease and death. Yet society considers the woman's economic need as less vital than the man's sexual one.

War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.