to be valued and esteemed is beyond the expectation

lethargic with hopelessness

when a person wishes to be angry, as Noorah was demonstrating, there is little one can do. Before

Saudi Arabia does not belong to the al-Saud family. Saudi Arabia belongs to all its citizens.

It is much better to work with nonviolent activists, who take the time to set up appropriate organizations to work with citizens, rather than create violence in the hearts of men by refusing to allow...

The man who marries a woman for her beauty will be deceived; he who marries a woman for good sense can truly say he is married. - Sultana

Millions of people have become refugees and beggars when violent extremists have overthrown governments. Should this happen in Saudi Arabia, the first action taken would be to behead or burn to death...

Then there are unreasonable men who complain that simply knowing a sensual female is in the building is too distracting for them to work productively.

We have witnessed all around the Middle East the tragedies that occur when citizens of repressive governments become so frustrated that they turn to those who preach violence.

when change is needed and strongly desired by citizens, change will come, one way or another.

born with a book in her mouth.

I walked away, feeling the dejection keenly. I will always marvel that most powerful women do not make the lives of other women a priority in all things.

I have the tendency to be nervous at the sight of trouble looming. As the danger draws near, I become less nervous. When the peril is at hand, I swell with fierceness. As I grapple with my assailant,...

No human being has ever had the opportunity to select a family, country, or culture. I

I had never been to America and was anxious to form an opinion of the people who spread their culture worldwide, yet seemed to know so little of the world themselves. New

I thought to myself, beware of those who look like a rose, for even roses have spikes.

Riyadh was the base of the government, but none of the Al Sa'ud family particularly enjoyed the city; their complaints never ended about the dreariness of life in Riyadh. It was too hot and dry, the...

suddenly remembered a beautiful verse by the great Lebanese philosopher Kahlil Gibran: "Mayhap a funeral among men is a wedding feast among the angels." I imagined my mother at the side of her mother...

Surely the weakness of our monarchy in Saudi Arabia is bound up in our addiction to extravagance. I fear it will be our undoing.

I was born free, yet today I am in chains. Invisible, they were loosely draped and passed unnoticed until the age of understanding reduced my life to a narrow segment of fear. - Sultana

I had no use for a husband under duress

When you harm a woman, you harm the whole world.

We must all work together to bring change to this earth.

From my personal experiences, it is evident that so many wealthy females within the kingdom are devoted to little else but frivolity, with their thoughts focused mainly on their looks and their...

I believe that the children of this generation have decayed with the ease of their lives, and that their great fortune has deprived them of any ambitions or real satisfactions. Surely the weakness of...

I know from my short time in the kingdom that all Saudis worry over Saudi opinion. All Saudis I have met act more relaxed around Westerners.

Not for ever can one enjoy stillness and peace. But misfortune and obstruction are not final. When the grass has been burnt by the fire of the steppe, it will grow anew in summer.

Crimes are classified into three divisions: Hudud, Tazir, and Qisas. Crimes of Hudud are crimes that are denounced by God; the punishment is made known in the Koran. Crimes of Tazir are given to the...

Only when you drink from the river of silence, shall you indeed sing. And, when you have reached the mountaintop, then you shall begin to climb. And, when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall...

There are four main sources of the Shari'a: the Koran, which is compiled of thousands of religious verses revealed by God through his Prophet, Mohammed; the Sunna, which are the traditions the Prophet...