sentences:  She learned from them an important Islamic concept that "middleness" ("wasaţ"), being in the middle, even as a child, does not have to mean "between-ness," being torn or on shaky ground, but can be a firm and advantageous position from which one can see both sides more clearly.Arebi explained that this positive image of "wasaţ" extended to her scholarly position between two discourses and two civilizations and symbolized her aim to bring these two worlds to a mutual understanding.Arebi was a popular lecturer at various conferences regarding Islam and women in the Arab World.