Nur Umar

“It's as if our being academic equals means we must be inadequate wives and mothers,' says Noura.
All of these girls have been called 'intimidating' and 'outspoken' by their Muslim counterparts, simply for being themselves. Their accomplishments usually leave men feeling emasculated, they say.
'It's still going to take Muslim men a couple more generations to catch up and realise girls like us want love, not money,' says Ayesha.”
― Sabrina Mahfouz

“Then why, I asked, is the world so fractured? “Well, you can look at it this way. Would you want the world to all look alike? No. The genius of life is its variety. “Even in our own faith, we have questions and answers, interpretations, debates. In Christianity, in Catholicism, in other faiths, the same thing—debates, interpretations. That is the beauty. It’s like being a musician. If you found the note, and you kept hitting that note all the time, you would go nuts. It’s the blending of the different notes that makes the music.” The music of what? “Of believing in something bigger than yourself.”
― Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: A True Story

“When people tell me that I’m good, my response is, ‘I’m trying.’ But there’s some people that know me from back when—anytime I make that trip to New York—and when they hear I’m the pastor of a church, all of a sudden, it’s like “I know you gettin’ paid, boy. I know you gettin’ paid. I know you.’” He paused. His voice lowered. “No, I say. You knew me. You knew that person, but you don’t know the person that I’m trying to become.”
― Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: A True Story

“Did God answer you? He smiled. “Still waiting,” he said.”
― Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: A True Story