Ten Inspiring Quotes by 10 Inspiring Arab Women

Today, 8th March 2022, marks International Women's Day, this year's campaign theme— #BreaktheBias —spotlights the individual and collective biases against women that fuel gender inequality. To honor Arab women on this day, we've gathered 10 quotes from inspiring Arab women.

Nawal Al-Saadawi - Egyptian Author

“They said, “You are a savage and dangerous woman. I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous.”

Raja Easa Al-Gurg - Vice Chairperson and Managing Director of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group

"Obstacles are always a steppingstone to success. Surmounting an obstacle is a test of character. You will be surprised to realize how far you can go from the point you thought was the end."-  

Huda Kattan – Entrepreneur and Beauty Mogul

“Whenever you are pushing boundaries, there will be push-back from people. Embrace what you stand for and accept that there will be criticism.”

Muna Al-Hashemi - CEO of the Batelco Group

"It is performance that will decide destiny, not anything else."

Raha Moharrak, first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest

“I am honored that I’m in history, but I don’t think it would mean anything if it doesn’t change anything.”

Queen Rania of Jordan

“If you educate a woman, you educate a family, if you educate a girl, you educate the future.”

Princess Lulwa Al Faisal, prominent Saudi women rights activist and philanthropist

“It will not be long before we have a woman as an ambassador.”

Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, first Saudi female ambassador

“If you stand still, you give them the power to push you down. If you keep walking, they have to follow you.”

Fatema Mernissi - Morrocan Writer

"Happiness, she would explain, was when a person felt good, light, creative, content, loving and loved, and free. An unhappy person felt as if there were barriers crushing her desires and the talents she had inside. A happy woman was one who could exercise all kinds of rights, from the right to move to the right to create, compete, and challenge, and at the same time could be loved for doing so." 

Mohja Kahf - Syrian-American poet, novelist, and professor.

"All women speak two languages: the language of men and the language of silent suffering. Some women speak a third, the language of queens."