“I detest the niqab and the burka for their erasure of women and for da...” — Mona Eltahawy Quote

“I detest the niqab and the burka for their erasure of women and for dangerously equating piety with that disappearance - the less of you I can see, the closer you must be to God.”

“I was 15 when my family moved to Jidda from Britain in 1982. Living in Saudi Arabia was such a shock to my system that I like to say I was traumatized into feminism.”

“The Tunisian revolution left every Arab dictator in fear; Egypt's toppling of Mubarak left them terrified - even one of the U.S.' best allies in the region could fall.”

“It was daunting to realize that people who do not have a diagnosed mental health disorder are a lot closer to people with them than they actually might realize.”

“I have a very pessimistic view that every win takes you closer to a loss because no-one in the world can keep on winning forever.”

“After 'The Hurt & The Healer', we kind of hit a wall. I grew up in a somewhat legalistic church and it taught me that faith is enough, but here's three more things left just in case. There's always things left to do to be closer to God.”