Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube.

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.

The youth are the catalysts for real change.

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

A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.

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.