People sometimes think of 'queen' as a title that's shrouded with protocol and formality, and for that reason sometimes people are not easily saying what they want to say. They're reluctant to express their opinions, and I kind of find that frustrating because I want to know what people really, really think.

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

Being queen is overrated.

We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.

I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.

I don't lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.

I don't believe that there is fair enough understanding of either our status as women or the total context of our lives, which is very rich and multi-faceted.