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.

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.

We are stronger when we listen,and smarter when we share.

I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a symbol of oppression. Now, as long as a woman chooses to wear the veil, because that's her belief and because of her own - that's a personal relationship with God, so she should be free to dress in whichever way she wants.

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.

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.

I don't lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.