Randa Abdel-Fattah Quotes

Quotes about:

• Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Inspirational, Faith, Hope

  42 Copy quote

• Belief means nothing without actions

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Mean, Belief, Action

  13 Copy quote

• What’s the good of being true to your religion on the outside, if you don’t change what’s on the inside,were it really counts ?

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Don't Change, Being True, Ifs

  6 Copy quote

• The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a threat or affront to others, and have no bearing on the competence, skills and intelligence of a person.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Skills, Hijab, Turbans

  53 Copy quote

• We have to choices in this world; we either try to survive or to give up.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Giving Up, Choices, Trying

  0 Copy quote

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

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Looks, Want, Causes

  Randa Abdel-Fattah (2014). “Does My Head Look Big in This?”, p.66, Scholastic UK

  0 Copy quote

• We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviours, beliefs, rituals.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Attitude, Smell, Clothes

  52 Copy quote

• It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Country, Home, People

  0 Copy quote

• To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Pride, Self, Decision

  115 Copy quote

• 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

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Hurt, Impact, Names

  Randa Abdel-Fattah (2010). “Ten Things I Hate about Me”, p.11, Scholastic Inc.

  2 Copy quote

• If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Book, Mouths, Recommendations

  0 Copy quote

• Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Ignorance, Hair, Speak English

  0 Copy quote

• Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Religious, People, Generosity

  3 Copy quote

• there is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we all felt an amazing connection, a sense that this cloth binds us in some kind of universal sisterhood.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Girl, Sisterhood, Connections

  Randa Abdel-Fattah (2014). “Does My Head Look Big in This?”, p.25, Scholastic UK

  22 Copy quote

• Yeah, don't you take a break?" "I don't have time for breaks." "That's the whole point of a break. When you've got no time, you need a break.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Needs, Break, Yeah

  0 Copy quote

• In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Reality, Multicultural Society, Diverse Society

  4 Copy quote

• 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.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Towers, Realizing, Horror

  1 Copy quote

• True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  True Friend, Love You, Imperfection

  Randa Abdel-Fattah (2010). “Ten Things I Hate about Me”, p.270, Scholastic Inc.

  0 Copy quote

• Parents. Honestly. Sometimes they really do think the world revolves around them.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Thinking, Parent, World

  Randa Abdel-Fattah (2014). “Does My Head Look Big in This?”, p.29, Scholastic UK

  0 Copy quote

• 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.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Religious, Children, Diversity

  0 Copy quote

• With my human rights advocacy, that's always been through my writing. I've always tried to write articles and contribute to journals and a lot of online journals - about human rights, especially Palestinian human rights. I find the time to do things to do things I'm passionate about, because I find enjoyment in them. I just have to juggle.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Writing, Rights, Passionate

  2 Copy quote

• 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.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Book, Reading, Handbags

  0 Copy quote

• You never feel good when you lie. It doesn't matter how much you want something, if you lie to somebody you love, and they actually, sincerely believe you, you feel like a cockroach that needs some serious Raid action.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Lying, Believe, Want Something

  0 Copy quote

• Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Expression, Faces, Facts

  0 Copy quote

• When it comes to the hijab - why to wear it, whether to wear it, how to wear it - there is theology and then there is practice, and there is huge diversity in both.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Practice, Diversity, Hijab

  34 Copy quote

Page 1 of 2

← Prev

1

2

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin