accurately, i would say she is pensive, compassionate, driven, inquisitive and caring. i m amira choueiki. if you want people to know what islam is about, then you really need to live as an example of your faith and you need to be willing to tell people what you re doing during ramadan and why you pray five times addai, that allah is not a foreign god, it s the same god and be willing to go out on a limb and explain and define yourself because if you don t, they will. i am ayah ibrahim. the proudest i was the proudest as an american was the first time i went into a polling station and able to vote for my president. i define myself as a daughter, as a sister, as a researcher and educator and as an activist. i am maytha ahassan.