The hardest [part] is some of the misperceptions that are leveled against me as a person and against Muslim women.

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

I don't believe that there is fair enough understanding of either our status as women or the total context of our lives, which is very rich and multi-faceted.

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

I don't think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.

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

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.