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Zainab Salbi
Iraqi
Activist
Born:
1970
Life
Myself
Silence
Women
World
You
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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.
Zainab Salbi
Change
Those
Willing
Impacted
Come
Most
Up
Discrimination
Themselves
Stand
Stand Up
Who
Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
Zainab Salbi
You
Sometimes
Will
Knowing
Without
Cliff
Off
Jump
Just
Where
Land
In every single culture I encountered, there were always women who defied cultural norms to do what they believed was right for them. This phenomenon has never been related to how rich, poor, successful or not successful the woman may be.
Zainab Salbi
Woman
Culture
Women
Single
Rich
Every
Related
Defied
Never
Always
How
Were
Been
Cultural
Encountered
Norms
May
Them
Poor
Successful
Who
Believed
Right
Phenomenon
I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
Zainab Salbi
Freedom
Injustice
Nothing
Once
About
Could
Had
Up
America
Grew
Choice
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 tell a new story for women, and that can only start with women.
Zainab Salbi
Time
Women
Power
Others
Our
Ourselves
Tell
Given
Only
Structures
New
Accepting
New Story
Story
Realities
Us
Start
External
Need
In my 20s I was such a serious, boring-looking person. I would never do my nails. I never even danced. But I was taught by the women. They had gone through hell, but they would dance and sing. I came to realise I can't argue for a happy world if I am not happy myself.
Zainab Salbi
Myself
Happy
Women
World
Dance
Gone
Hell
Danced
Would
Through
Argue
Never
Had
Nails
Sing
Am
Came
Person
Taught
Realise
Even
Serious
There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week.
Zainab Salbi
Live
Think
Typical
Week
Never
There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because I've dedicated myself to serving women, why do you think I need to sacrifice myself?
Zainab Salbi
Service
Myself
Good
You
Women
Projection
Dance
Sacrifice
Shoes
Clothes
Nice
Think
Else
Dinners
Like
Look
Because
Go
Lot
Just
Anybody
Anybody Else
Different
Just Because
Then
Dedicated
Why
Serving
Need
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 past experiences.
Zainab Salbi
Truth
Me
Silence
Thoughts
Courage
Speak
Leader
Feelings
Past
Live
Despite
Our
About
Having
Attempts
Being
Being A Leader
Experiences
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 live life?
Zainab Salbi
Life
Love
War
You
People
Live Life
School
Fall
Live
Dancing
Factories
Hospitals
Divorced
Do You Know
Know
Go
Get
Playing
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