Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler.

The Coptic Church respects the law but it does not accept rulings that go against the Bible and our freedom of religion.

Egypt is not a country we live in but a country that lives within us.

The world sees in our conduct, in our behaviour, the proof that we are the real children of God.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

I would never sing a song which I cannot sing in front of my family.

I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.

Children learn to smile from their parents.