In my 20s I was such a serious, boring-looking person. I would never do my nails. I never even danced. But I was taught by the women. They had gone through hell, but they would dance and sing. I came… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I learned that… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Women in the Arab world have a rich history in their active participation in political change from the Algeria revolution against the French occupation… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
From an economic perspective, women are treated unfairly: they perform 66 percent of the world's work and produce 50 percent of the food but… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
