“Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.”
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As a child I sometimes used to travel to the West Bank to visit my family, so I know what the checkpoints felt like. I knew what it was like to live under occupation.
For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.
I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq's money.
