In Their Own Words

“Some of the most independent women in history have been Muslim women.  Look at Khadija, the first wife of the Prophet.  She was fifteen years his senior.  She was a business woman.  She had hired him to help her with the business.  She liked him.  She proposed marriage to him, and he said yes.” p. 222

This movie Illuminates the stories of people advocating for girls’ education and the commonality of faith that inspires them. People such as Father Paul Gaggawala in Uganda; Azizah al-Hibri and Layli Miller-Muro in the United States; Rainn Wilson in Haiti; and Jessica Markowitz and Laurie Toll Franz in Rwanda.