Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube.

I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

First of all, in many Muslim countries women have incredible amounts of freedom, sometimes more than in some countries in Europe. So you cannot just make a generalized statement about women. Second, Islam is not the problem. It's tradition. It's culture. It's age-old mind-sets that need to be changed.

Look at any country that's plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society's ills.

My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I'd rather not focus on that.

It isn't often that the logic behind a policy is so clear. But when it comes to the value of educating girls, the evidence speaks for itself.