I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never take the criticism too deep under my skin.

Women’s loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind

I belong nowhere and to no one.

I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.

Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.

I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.

Well, of course there’s my own experience of being mutilated as a little child. Having gone through this cruel practice and all the long-term consequences that come with it, I just cannot sit back and watch it being done to thousands of little girls every year. I believe that it is my responsibility to use the attention I get to fight against the continuing practice of FGM.