I used to do volunteer work in poor areas of Cairo, and people would gather their money together to get a satellite dish. You'd see them huddling around and for the first time seeing issues being debated on TV that… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning. — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world. — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
I think everybody's had that feeling of sitting in a theater, in a dark room, with other strangers, watching a very powerful film, and… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
When you have an American mother from the Midwest and an Egyptian father, you travel back and forth and see such completely different stories… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it. — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
It would be nice to be in one place for a while and have a social life again and get a job. But I'm… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
