What I Find Daunting Always

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

There Are Some Mosques With Facilities For Women; It's Usually A Back Room With A Back-door Entrance.

You Have To Let Individuals Make Their Own Choices And Respect That, Even If It's Your Own Child. And That's What Was Taken Away From Me. My Father Passed Away Thinking I Still Had To Go Back To His Way Of Believing.

I Love Life More Than I Love Death.

It Was Friday, July 24, 1992, When I Stepped On The Train. Every Year I Think Of It. I See It As My Real Birthday: The Birth Of Me As A Person, Making Decisions About My Life On My Own. I Was Not Running Away From Islam, Or To Democracy. I Didn't Have Any Big Ideas Then. I Was Just A Young Girl And Wanted Some Way To Be Me; So I Bolted Into The Unknown.