To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.

Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'

Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.

War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.

Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'