Bint Quotes & Sayings

Education can also be used as a soft power and as a soft force to transform societies. When I say transform societies it means we can tackle issues in political, social, cultural, economic areas. These are the most important things. — Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned

Alms (is) for the purity of your soul, and flourishment and expansion of your sustenence. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

(Allah rendered) patience as a help for getting reward. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - only that of humanity, not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the world. — Basmah Bint Saud

Our religious police has the most dangerous effect on society - the segregation of genders, putting the wrong ideas in the heads of men and women, producing psychological diseases that never existed in our country before, like fanatacism. — Basmah Bint Saud

People have said, 'Let's build bridges,' and frankly, I want to do more than that. I would like break to the walls of ignorance between East and West. — Al-Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani

Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to the whims of individual judges, as is the case now. In particular, the constitution should protect every citizen's basic human rights regardless of their sex, status or sect. Everyone should be equal before the law. — Basmah Bint Saud

Saudi women like makeup. And I'm OK with that. If that's what you want to make you feel good, go for it. — Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud

Why don't we actually fight for a woman's right even to complain about being beaten up. That is more important than driving. If a woman is beaten, they are told to go back to their homes - their fathers, husbands, brothers - to be beaten up again and locked up in the house. — Basmah Bint Saud

Allah made joining and connecting with the kinship and cognation, the cause of lengthening of life. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a 'khali' is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up. — Basmah Bint Saud

And (Allah made) the kindness to parents as a protectional (shield) to His wrath and displeasure. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

Ya Rabb, I was thinking my position later Hereafter. Could I side with the prince of the women Khadija al-Kubra who struggle with the treasure and his life? Hafsah bint Umar or defended by God when will the divorced because shawwamah (diligent fasting-ed) and qawwamahnyaI (diligent tahajud)? Or with Aisha who has memorized hadith early 3500, I was .... 500 Ehm not yet ... or at Umm Sulaym who shabiroh (patient) or with Asma who take care of him and denounced his son vehicles at rest from jihad ... or with whom huh. Ya Allah, please give them the strength to pursue amaliah worthy ... so I can meet them even conversed with them in your garden Firdaus — Yoyoh Yusroh

There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong. — Basmah Bint Saud

Qatar is giving 2.8% of our GDP to research. This is something again that is a breakthrough, as nobody was even thinking of research as a tool or component for advancement in this part of the world. — Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned

Allah made the faith for you as a purity from polytheism (and unbelief). — Fatima Bint Muhammad

I am a very public person. I have nothing to hide. — Basmah Bint Saud

The right to a quality education is, I believe, the perfect path to bridge the gap between different cultures and to reconcile various civilizations. Without such a right, the values of liberty, justice and equality will have no meaning. Ignorance is by far the biggest danger and threat to humankind. — Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned

We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his culture and history - and ... open to the modern world. — Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned

Is not just any bint," he said. "This is a philosopher-queen, a sultana ... — G. Willow Wilson

Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Our religion should not be a shield behind which we hide from the world but a driving force that inspires us to innovate and contribute to our surroundings. This is the true spirit of Islam. — Basmah Bint Saud

If China was like the moon, then arriving in Saudi Arabia was Mars. At least you can see the moon from Earth. — Basmah Bint Saud

I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! — Graham Chapman

We believe ... that by encouraging critical thinking and processing of knowledge we are creating full, well-rounded human beings ... that will enable Qatar to build up its society. You cannot build a healthy society without giving your citizens a sense of ownership. Otherwise, they will not share with you the responsibilities. — Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned

Sixty-six percent is the literacy rate in the Arab world. We have 58 million illiterate among adults in our part of the world. — Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned

On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate. — Basmah Bint Saud

We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there are no consequences. If you are poor man and you steal, your hand is cut off after three offences. But if you are a rich man, nobody will say anything to you. — Basmah Bint Saud

My father established the first women's university in the kingdom, abolished slavery, and tried to establish a constitutional monarchy that separates the position of king from that of prime minister. — Basmah Bint Saud

In a time where the world is becoming personalized, when the mobile phone, the burger, everything has its own personal identity, how should we perceive ourselves and how should we perceive others? — Al-Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani

Allah set Hajj for the consolidation and reinforcement of the religion. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

I left him and took myself off, having become certain about a fact which was later on to cost me much peace of mind: that in one form or another I was in love with Hosna Bint Mahmoud, the widow of Mustafa Sa'eed, and that I - like him and Wad Rayyes and millions of others - was not immune from the germ of contagion that oozes from the body of the universe. — Tayeb Salih

Cease to sin, because you will not meet Allah with anything [as valuable] as few sins. — Aisha Bint Abi Bakr

It's important for me to make sure that the men see and recognize that that woman is their equal. — Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud

I have lived with my husband more than I have with my parents ... I live beside him, and know his worries, his hopes, and his dreams for his nation. We believe that things happen by design, not in an arbitrary way. And we believe it is our duty to make things happen. — Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned

Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

Education in Emergencies signifies that the right to education is being threatened by natural causes such as tsunamis, but also, unfortunately, by man-made causes. — Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned

I have been hired by Allah to get a wage, which if the space between the Earth and sky is filled up with pearls, still (the wage) would be more than it, for each of the questions I may answer you. Therefore, I deserve it that I must not feel tired or exhausted (in answering your questions). — Fatima Bint Muhammad

I guess the glass ceiling is in the West. For us, it's the glass wall. — Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud

Once you taste the second income in the household and it changes your lifestyle, you get used to it. — Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud

The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school. — Basmah Bint Saud

Now, look you here, Sekundar," says I, but he came up straight like a little bantam and cut me off.
"Sir Alexander. if you please," says he icily, as though I'd never seen him with his breeches down, chasing after some big Afghan bint. — George MacDonald Fraser

Allah executed and rendered justice for the sake of putting together and harmonization of the hearts. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

Commanding goodness and forbiding to do evil (are) for the amendment and correction of society and the common folks. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

People tend to believe that to be modern you have to disengage from your heritage, but it's not true. — Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned

Bint-Anath was approaching, her many-pleated, floor-length sheath floating scarlet around her, her slim shoulders visible under a billowing white flounced cloak, and the long black ringlets of her wig already glistening with melted wax ... She was like a goddess, like Hathor herself, moving lightly in the circle of reverence the guests had provided, her pair of massive Shardana guards towering beside her and her exquisitely gowned and painted retinue behind. — Pauline Gedge