We need these Interreligious Councils to be strengthened so they can serve the shared well-being of their nations effectively and in a timely manner. - 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.

In the reasoning of Amartya Sen, the Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, the process of development is best understood as an expansion of the freedoms people enjoy in five spheres: political, economic, social, and transparency and personal security. These are precisely the spheres of development that require transformation.

I was afraid for the safety of the youth demonstrating so courageously, creatively, and with so much passion. I was afraid for the millions left in the clutches of a government that deliberately instigated instability for the first four days of demonstrations.