Being queen is overrated.

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.

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

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'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.

Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.

If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.