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

Give love and share happiness with the people around you, and never give up fighting for what you believe in.

My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.

Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people.

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.

FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.

I always knew, from the very day of my own mutilation, that I would one day fight against this practice. I did not know how and when, but I knew that I would fight it.