...power of solidarity comes a moment of intense healing like no other. - Azza Karam

I think that misperceptions are always going to be part of our lives. I also think that diversity is meant to be our key challenge in life.

Secularism comes in many shades and varieties, but it has never manifested—not even here in the United States—in the manner of a total repudiation of religion.

We are living in the context of a generation of youth—which is over 60% of our populations—that has grown up as part of a global youth culture equipped with mass communication technologies and amid huge challenges to established powers.