Status Updates From All She Lost: The Explosion...

“They took the men of my family… I am the man [now] and the woman... If we are protesting and there is violence, they tell the women to step aside, but if we do, who will lead this battle? … There are no men or women in this fight for justice. Maybe in the law there is still a distinction, but in grief and anger and truth, there is not. I am willing to die ... I believe that we will find the truth.”

“Karlen had to navigate a patriarchal system that considered her a second-degree citizen simply because she is a woman. The system strips you of everything, your individual rights, a dignified living, your right to protection, your right to life.”

“Alhamdulillah (Thank God) in every state. In good and bad times. I'm a believer, Alhamdulillah. I don't ask for anything. I think it is God's will that she died. I can't talk to God and ask him why? I hope we all go to heaven and meet Sidra there' She sobbed. I reached out to hold her hand.”