" Mariama described her novel as “a cry from the heart of all women everywhere. It is first a cry from the heart of Senegalese women, because it talks from the heart of Senegalese women, women constrained by religion and other social constraints that wear them down. But it is also a cry that can symbolize the cry of women everywhere. "

― Seema Yasmin , Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure