You never feel good when you lie. It doesn't matter how much you want something, if you lie to somebody you love, and they actually, sincerely believe you, you feel like a cockroach that needs some serious Raid action. — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable. — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
“I'm starting to realize that being born into this social world is a little like being born into clean air. You take it in… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity. — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them. — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
“Mr. Taylor has this habit of emphasizing his point by using three adjectives or verbs in a row. 'Class, you must know,' Simon begins… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
When it comes to the hijab - why to wear it, whether to wear it, how to wear it - there is theology and… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions. — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
And it’s when I’m standing there this morning, in my PJs and a hijab, next to my mum and my dad, kneeling before God,… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
there is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we all felt… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
You never feel good when you lie. It doesn't matter how much you want something, if you lie to somebody you love, and they… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
With my human rights advocacy, that's always been through my writing. I've always tried to write articles and contribute to journals and a lot… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share
