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

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

Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.

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

Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.