Female voice Quote by Geraldine Brooks

“A woman’s voice is considered a sexual provocation (kol be-ishah ervah), so that a woman may not read or recite before men.”

— Rachel Biale

The problem with Muslim women is less that we cannot speak the language, but that no one listens to us.

— Deeyah Khan

“The women have been told it’s written in the Koran that they must do these things,” she said. She could tell them it wasn’t…

— Geraldine Brooks

“She must not speak in a delicate tone. This is from the Koran. Things begun with a few words will continue to other things.”

— Geraldine Brooks

I was a girl who was told that girls should not have their voice. I was from a conservative Muslim family where they only…

— Urfi Javed

Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.

— Carol P. Christ

“Being a woman, I am misunderstood more when I talk than when I stay silent ! Meeta Ahluwalia”

— Meeta Ahluwalia

Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world,

— Padma Lakshmi

Muslim women must stand up and speak out about who we are, what we believe and where we are going. I think we need…

— Queen Rania of Jordan

These words that you have heard regarding women in the future Islamic government are all hostile propaganda. In the Islamic Republic women have complete…

— Ayatollah Khomeini

“fundamentalists asked that a male answer questions directed to her, on the grounds that a woman’s voice is too alluring to be heard in…

— Geraldine Brooks

Women have a voice; they're empowered, and they're heard.

— Natti Natasha