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 don't know if I'd put labels on myself, but I do feel that when women are empowered, they have the power to transform society.

We're programmed to believe that time is the enemy, that it takes away from us or that it diminishes us. I have found that it's done the opposite to me. Life is in perfect balance. It's just that our perception of it isn't.

We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.

There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.

Of course, I tweet. Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?

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