Kammala wannan jumla: Qadiri ta kwarewa da ciwon ta 'yancin kare hakkin ya zo daga rayuwa a Kuwait a lokacin da ta
mamayewa da sojojin Iraqi suka yi a 1990. Ba sai ta halarci kwaleji ba ta koma Amurka. Yayin da ta tattauna yadda ta kalli al'ummar kafin ta koma can, "Na yi tunanin Amurka ta kasance kamar" Saved By The Bell "da" Fresh Prince of Bel Air ". Ban taɓa zuwa wurin ba kafin na shiga kwaleji, kuma ra'ayina game da shi ya yi nisa da gaskiya, ka sani? Ina kallon shirye-shiryen talabijin na Amurka kamar sauran yara a duniya, ina tunanin, "Oh, yana da kyau sosai". Dangane da gogewa a cikin zanga-zangar, Qadiri ya kasance a wani zanga-zangar adawa a taron IMF na Bankin Duniya na 1999: "Ban taɓa ganin 'yan sanda da yawa a rayuwata ba. Akwai 'yan sanda a kan dawakai, a kan kekuna, a kan kekuna, a cikin motoci, da jirage masu saukar ungulu. Na yi farkawa sosai; illusions na dimokiradiyya na Amurka sun lalace kusan nan da nan. " Ta kuma shiga cikin zanga-zangar birnin New York City game da mamayewar Iraki a shekarar 2003.