To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.

My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'

Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.

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.

Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.

Polls show that Arabs admire a lot of the Western values, cultural aspects in the West. It is more about policies than about way of life.

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