Quotes by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah

And it’s when I’m standing there this morning, in my PJs and a hijab, next to my mum and my dad, kneeling before God, that I feel a strange sense of calm. I feel like nothing can hurt me, and nothing else matters.

Dad

Hurt

Morning

Belief means nothing without actions

Action

Belief

Mean

But persistent name calling? that prolongs hurt. It stretches out. Each nasty word stretches the rubber band further away until finally, one day, it snaps back at you with maximum impact

Hurt

Impact

Names

Everything is relative. If you want to understand a problem you look at its cause. You don’t look at its manifestation.

Causes

Looks

Want

For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial ‘I eat ethnic food’, to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.

Children

Diversity

Religious

I couldn’t stop bawling, watching the towers come down. it was a terrible thing to happen. And a terrible thing to realize that I don’t sit though the nigh crying when such horrors happen all the time.

Horror

Realizing

Towers

I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.

Book

Handbags

Reading

I want to be with one person in my life. I want to know that the guy I spend the rest of my life with is the first person I share something so intimate and exciting with.

Firsts

Guy

Want

I wasn’t rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn’t a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.

Communication

Kids

Opposites

I’ve always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don’t sit down and think: ‘What political message can I sell?’ I love the creativity of it.

Creativity

Thinking

Writing

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Action

Attitude

Being True

Belief

Believe

Book

Break

Causes

Character

Children

Choices

Clothes

Communication

Connections

Country

Creativity

Dad

Debate

Decision

Diverse Society

Diversity

Don't Change

Expression

Eye

Faces

Facts

Faith

Feelings

Firsts

Generosity

Girl

Giving Up

Guy

Hair

Handbags

Heart

Hijab

Home

Hope

Horror

Hurt

Hypothesis

Identity

Ifs

Ignorance

Impact

Imperfection

Inspirational

Intellectual

Interesting

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Quotes by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah

And it’s when I’m standing there this morning, in my PJs and a hijab, next to my mum and my dad, kneeling before God, that I feel a strange sense of calm. I feel like nothing can hurt me, and nothing else matters.

Belief means nothing without actions

But persistent name calling? that prolongs hurt. It stretches out. Each nasty word stretches the rubber band further away until finally, one day, it snaps back at you with maximum impact

Everything is relative. If you want to understand a problem you look at its cause. You don’t look at its manifestation.

For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial ‘I eat ethnic food’, to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.

I couldn’t stop bawling, watching the towers come down. it was a terrible thing to happen. And a terrible thing to realize that I don’t sit though the nigh crying when such horrors happen all the time.

I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.

I want to be with one person in my life. I want to know that the guy I spend the rest of my life with is the first person I share something so intimate and exciting with.

I wasn’t rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn’t a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.

I’ve always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don’t sit down and think: ‘What political message can I sell?’ I love the creativity of it.

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