I try to use social media as a tool for good. Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I've been exempt from a lot of the ….

When you go on your phone to check what time it is, you get so distracted. It happens to me every day. 'Oh, I just wanted to see what time it is, but….

So much of my work is as Yara, not as a character. If you're attacking my work as a philanthropist or activist, you're attacking Yara. But because of….

Intergenerational support is crucial. I feel like generations give up on each other. If you're Gen Z, you're like, "Gen X is never gonna get it." If ….

What modeling taught me at a young age was how to say "no," which is something girls - we're not always good at saying "no." We want to be nice, and ….

Week-by-week you grow with your character and it's an interesting challenge..

When you're aware, from a young age, of how something plays in public, it makes you a young entrepreneur, whether you like it or not. I call most tee….

I try to preface everything with "this isn't new." Because most social movements have happened before and I get that. Nothing I'm doing is new..

There are so many times in life when you have to suppress what you're feeling. A lot of kids have to deal with that in a school environment: You're n….

No matter how cutting-edge Hollywood may seem, it is still delayed in how it views people: If producers do not perceive me as an Iranian girl, then I….

I feel like there's no need to put on a heel that's too high. There's nothing cute about wobbling. There's nothing cute about not wanting to dance or….

Part of why history is so important in my life is because it brings you an awareness that everything isn't new. It gives context to what's happening ….

I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album Life Is Good, and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5..

I'm lucky; my parents have never said to me, "You're a kid, so you just don't know." They say, "How can we discuss the world and learn from these eve….

There are two conflicting philosophies that I love: "Everything happens for a reason," as well as "you can change everything that you have control ov….

I like to be in control of my body. Also, I love getting into character and exploring a different aspect of who I am..