I will still be an activist when my hair has turned completely white — Asma Khalifa

"Life does continue. We watch a movie and turn up the volume to drown out the sounds of the blasts outside."

"I say no to your assumptions, no to your judgements, no to war, no to violence. That’s what I stand for."

"To free myself from my father, who was a dominant and abusive patriarch"

"We are challenging their ideas of war. I ask them ‘What are you going to do after the war? Even if by then you are 30, 40, 50, 60?"

"Members of militias sometimes react aggressively. I understand their defensive position. We need to remember that they too are traumatized. Just like ourselves"

"Allowing armed militia’s to participate politically is giving them an opportunity to stop using violence."