Omar was born in Somalia in 1982. After the start of the civil war in 1991, she and her family left the country and spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya. In 1995, Ilhan and her family emigrated to the United States. She was raised by her father and grandfather, who inculcated in her the importance of democracy.

Nana Mouskouri (born October 13, 1934 in Chania, Crete, Greece) is an international singer, known as one of the best-selling music artists in the world. She has recorded songs in many languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese, Corsican, and Turkish.

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness."

India Arie (sometimes styled as India.Arie, born India Arie Simpson, October 3, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, musician, and record producer. She has sold over 3.3 million records in the US and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 21 nominations, including Best R&B Album.

I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am not your expectations no. I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am the SOUL that lives within

Susan Abigail Sarandon (October 4, 1946) an American actress, Academy Award and BAFTA Award winner who is also known for her social and political activism for a variety of causes. She was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006.

"When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you."

Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer. Annie Leibovitz's most enduringly popular series of photographs 'WOMEN' was published in 1999. The new exhibition WOMEN: New Portraits reflects the changes in the roles of women today.

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.