War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.

Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.

War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.

Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'

Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.

Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.