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.

By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive - and that precludes everything.

Look at any country that's plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society's ills.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

The more time goes on, the closer I am to the ground. I've been exposed to so many issues and people living under different pressures. It's helped me realize that a lot of glamorous things that people prioritize really don't matter.

At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.

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.