Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind.

The youth are the catalysts for real change.

When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.

It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right.

Modernity is not about dress codes.

Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.

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