I don’t feel less loved or less loving because I’m not married.

It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little bit, I might sprain an ankle every now and them, but it's all good and the more you do it, the more in shape you are and it's like a machine.

All of us have moments in our lives when we have to choose between what we know is right and what we feel obligated to do.

I think every family has that moment when the parents realize they need help and think, Oh my gosh. We cannot do this all alone. Every woman has that panic at some point in motherhood when you feel completely overwhelmed and constantly tired.

I think it's dangerous to look at every Muslim woman the same and to assume that every experience within the religion is the same, meaning that there are going to be strong and assertive women that are Muslim. There's going to be a more passive woman who just so happens to be a Muslim. There may be a funny, big-personality woman and she's Muslim.

The last step will be letting my hair go natural. That's when you'll know I'm free.

So I think if we’d just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.