Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.

Don’t do to your daughters what has been done to you! They are perfect and beautiful.

I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.

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.

When I became successful as a model in the United States, I knew that my chance to be heard had come and so I took it.

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

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