"The university should be a place of critical inquiry, of intellectual freedom, of social responsibility."

"The intellectual is someone who cares about the truth, and not about his own career."

"The Palestinian people have a right to self-determination, to a state of their own, to live in peace and dignity."

"The West's perception of Islam is often based on ignorance, fear, and prejudice."

"All cultures are hybrid, mixed, heterogeneous, extraordinarily differentiated, and unmonolithic."