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22 quotes by Zainab Salbi

Zainab Salbi (Arabic: زينب صلبي) (born 1969) is an Iraqi American author, women's rights activist, humanitarian, social entrepreneur, and media commentator who is the founder and former CEO (1993-2011) of Washington-based Women for Women International.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

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Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and... →

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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.

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Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.

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I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme... →

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I don't want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.

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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.

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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.

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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.

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There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week.

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I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a... →

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By accepting what the external structures have told us we need to do, we have given the power of our realities and ourselves to others. It is time to... →

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Do you know that people fall in love in war and go to school and go to factories and hospitals and get divorced and go dancing and go playing and... →

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