Zainab Salbi Quotes - Page 3

Quotes about:

• Women are part of peace keeping troops in countries like Liberia.

  Zainab Salbi

  Country, Troops

  "'War Is Just a Microcosm of Peace' – an Interview With Zainab Salbi". Interview with Eva Fernndez Ortiz, www.truth-out.org. June 7, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

• My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life on the "backlines," where women are keeping kids in school, caring for the sick and injured, and daily negotiating space for the continuation of critical life processes of this nature, we're going to continue to miss the point.

  Zainab Salbi

  War, School, Kids

  Source: www.truth-out.org

  4 Copy quote

• War is nothing but a microcosm of peace... it shows you life in a more intense way and that's how I continue to live it... for good or bad reasons.

  Zainab Salbi

  War, Way, Intense

  "'War Is Just a Microcosm of Peace' – an Interview With Zainab Salbi". Interview with Eva Fernndez Ortiz, truthout.org. June 7, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

• Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after the end of war, but women who hope for healing can and do move forward.

  Zainab Salbi

  War, Moving, Healing

  Source: www.truth-out.org

  4 Copy quote

• 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 ways than others.

  Zainab Salbi

  Mean, Challenges, Culture

  "Women Lean in Worldwide" by Zainab Salbi, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

• The front[line] of wars is increasingly non-human eyes peering down on our perceived enemies from space, guiding missiles toward unseen targets.

  Zainab Salbi

  War, Eye, Space

  4 Copy quote

• While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their hair loose, women need to stand together because they all face the central point of discrimination, although the extremity of which may be different from Kigali to Kabul.

  Zainab Salbi

  Hair, Together, May

  337 Copy quote

• When war ends, women are the first to pick up the pieces. Where there is no market place, they go door to door. When homes are destroyed, mothers and daughters haul stones to rebuild or plow fields together.

  Zainab Salbi

  Daughter, Mother, War

  4 Copy quote

Page 3 of 3

First

← Prev

1

2

3

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin