"Scheherazade had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of…"

"Scheherazade … possessed courage, wit, and penetration, infinitely above her sex. She had read much, and had so admir…"

"All of us, especially educated Arab women, would say, 'No, do you think I am Scheherazade? A slave sitting and tellin…"

"I fell in love with her because I thought she was the first feminist. Second, because she was a philosopher, an artis…"

"Timur undertook many of his campaigns in the interest of religious order, and we find that almost all mentions of Sha…"

"(Q: What advice would you give to young writers?) A: Read, read and read. You can’t write without reading."

"Every writer has a unique outlook to the world. So, it’s just natural that the works be different. This diversity is …"

"Feminism is about defending the rights of women. I support any movement that in any way fights for the oppressed and …"

"Writing for me is survival...When I don’t write, I feel suffocated. Actually, I realised this after I immigrated to t…"

"(Q: How do the stories come to you?) A: Sometimes in a hazy and ambiguous form. An image, a memory, even the movement…"