I firmly believe today that the only way to stop violence against women is to speak out and refused to be silenced.

Stronger women build stronger nations.

Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.

From joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression.

Living in war is a co- existence with death.

Everything can be taken from you in a second, but the human spirit is so strong. War can teach you so much about evil, and so much about good.

Women in the Arab world have a rich history in their active participation in political change from the Algeria revolution against the French occupation to the most recent revolution in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya among other countries. The question is not their participation. Their question is the incorporation of women's voices fully in the new definitions of the countries where change has happened.