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

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

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

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.

Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.

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

Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are ... Each of us must decide what kind of person we want to be-what kind of legacy that we want to pass on.