Reality Is Not Easy, But All This

In A Sense, My Grandmother Was Living In The Iron Age. There Was No System Of Writing Among The Nomads. Metal Artifacts Were Rare And Precious.... The First Time She Saw A White Person My Grandmother Was In Her Thirties: She Thought This Person's Skin Had Burned Off.

I Wanted Secular, Non-muslim People To Stop Kidding Themselves That Islam Is Peace And Tolerance.

I Lived In Countries That Had No Democracy... So I Don't Find Myself In The Same Luxury As You Do. You Grew Up In Freedom, And You Can Spit On Freedom Because You Don't Know What It Is Not To Have Freedom.

My Friend, The Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, Was Murdered In 2004 For Having Been Insufficiently Reverent Toward Islam.

As A Woman You Are Better Off In Life Earning Your Own Money. You Couldn't Prevent Your Husband From Leaving You Or Taking Another Wife, But You Could Have Some Of Your Dignity If You Didn't Have To Beg Him For Financial Support.