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

In the current situation, it is very difficult for foreign NGOs to work in Somalia because it is so unstable and dangerous. I really hope that my country will one day rise out of this mess and reach the potential it has.

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

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

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.

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.

Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.