"My father also saw the book as offensive to Islam but believes strongly in freedom of speech. 'First, let's read the book and then why not respond with our own book,' he suggested. He ended by asking …"

"We must believe in the power of our voices, even if they are small."

"With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism."

"In Pakistan when women say they want independence, people think this means we don't want to obey our fathers, brothers, or husbands. But it does not mean that. It means we want to make decisions for o…"

"We live in a world that talks about innovations, about gender equality. We cannot see a country going back decades and centuries."