As the world is getting smaller, it becomes more and more important that we learn each other's dance moves, that we meet each other, we get to know each other, we are able to figure out a way to cross… — 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
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
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
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
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
Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it. — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share
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
Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share
You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity. — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share
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… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share
