"Saddam gave us a lot of things. The development of the country ... but I think what he took away from us in the meant…"

"I woke up in the middle of the night with the sound of heavy explosion. It was deep at night. I do not remember what …"

"I grew up in war-torn Iraq, and I believe that there are two sides of wars and we've only seen one side of it. We onl…"

"I grew up with the colors of war -- the red colors of fire and blood, the brown tones of earth as it explodes in our …"

"I have learned not only that the colors and the sounds of war are the same, but the fears of war are the same. You kn…"

"We are missing stories of women who are literally keeping life going in the midst of wars. Do you know -- do you know…"

"There are two sides of war. There is a side that fights, and there is a side that keeps the schools and the factories…"

"They are women who are standing on their feet in spite of their circumstances, not because of it. Think of how the wo…"

"Rumi, a 13th-century Sufi poet, says, "Out beyond the worlds of right-doings and wrong-doings, there is a field. I wi…"

"Aye, think! Since time and life began, Your mind has only feared and slept; Of all the beasts they called you man Onl…"