“For this scribe has read a great many of these accounts and taken away another lesson: that to be a woman is to have your story misremembered. Discard. Twisted.” Feminism Book:The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Source: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
“People have this idea of mothers, that we are soft and gentle and sweet. As though the moment my daughter was laid on my breast, the phrase I would do anything did not take on a depth I could have never understood before. This woman thought to come into my home and threaten my family in front of my child? She must not have heard the right stories about Amina al-Sirafi.” FeminismMotherhood Book:The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Source: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi