In 2010, I Suggested That

As A Woman You Are Better Off In Life Earning Your Own Money. You Couldn't Prevent Your Husband From Leaving You Or Taking Another Wife, But You Could Have Some Of Your Dignity If You Didn't Have To Beg Him For Financial Support.

In A Well-functioning Democracy, The State Constitution Is Considered More Important Than God's Holy Book, Whichever Holy Book That May Be, And God Matters Only In Your Private Life.

Infuriatingly Stupid Analysts - Especially People Who Called Themselves Arabists, Yet Who Seemed To Know Next To Nothing About The Reality Of The Islamic World - Wrote Reams Of Commentary [after 9/11]. Their Articles Were All About Islam Saving Aristotle And The Zero, Which Medieval Muslim Scholars Had Done More Than Eight Hundred Years Ago; About Islam Being A Religion Of Peace And Tolerance, Not The Slightest Bit Violent. These Were Fairy Tales, Nothing To Do With The Real World I Knew.

I Don't Have Much In Me Left For Somalia, Because The Country Is So Broken, It's Not Realistic To Daydream About It.

Women Covering Their Heads Is Traditional, But Now We're Seeing More And More Women Covering Themselves From Head To Toe. This Is Said To Be For Religious Reasons But It's Actually The Conflation Of Religion And Politics - Every Political Movement Has Its Slogans, Flags And Dress.