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" When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless. "

G. Willow Wilson

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" Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more. "

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" What we wanted to do was tell a story that felt relatable to anyone who's been a teenager. We haven't all been a second-generation Pakistani-American girl with superpowers, but we've all been 16 and awkward. "

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" I discovered I was a monotheist... That rules out polytheism. I have also had a problem with authority, which rules out any religion with a priesthood or leader who claims to be God's representative on Earth. "

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" The great thing about Cairo is the vast majority of women wear some kind of head scarf, but they are also very fashion-conscious. They love bright colors. "

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" It's patently impossible for a Muslim character to represent 'all Muslims.' "

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" In all likelihood, you've been treated by a Muslim doctor or served by a Muslim waiter or worked beside a Muslim computer programmer. Even if you think, 'I don't know any Muslims,' it's probably not true. "

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" The Qur'an is God's property, not mine. "

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" There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture. "

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" I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda. "

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" If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy. "

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" The transition between life in red-state America and life in the Arab capital was at times overwhelming because of the traditional segregation of men and women in many public and private settings. "

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" In prose, you have a lot more room for digression, for very meaty kinds of dialogues. In graphic novels, you're writing haiku-length dialogue. Your job is to be efficient, to get out of the way of the art. "

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" Leaving your country at a tender age really rearranges the way you perceive the world. So I feel marginally attached to many places rather than deeply attached to any one place. "

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" Some languages expand not only your ability to speak to different people but what you're able to think. "

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" I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job. "

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" The script for what would eventually become my first graphic novel, 'Cairo,' sort of came to me in kind of a bolt of lightning within 24 hours of having moved to that city. Just a jumble of characters and narratives and interesting things that I was seeing and experiencing for the first time. "

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" Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think. "

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" I think every Muslim woman has to feel the world out for herself. "

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