Jehane Noujaim

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

It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.

— Jehane Noujaim

I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike.

— Jehane Noujaim

Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.

— Jehane Noujaim

I think everybody's had that feeling of sitting in a theater, in a dark room, with other strangers, watching a very powerful…

— Jehane Noujaim

It's important in any project to remain focused.

— Jehane Noujaim

There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I…

— Jehane Noujaim

I'm interested in characters that are complex people.

— Jehane Noujaim

When you have an American mother from the Midwest and an Egyptian father, you travel back and forth and see such completely…

— Jehane Noujaim

I don't know if there's such a thing as objectivity.

— Jehane Noujaim

Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.

— Jehane Noujaim

It would be nice to be in one place for a while and have a social life again and get a job.…

— Jehane Noujaim

Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their…

— Jehane Noujaim

You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.

— Jehane Noujaim

I used to do volunteer work in poor areas of Cairo, and people would gather their money together to get a satellite…

— Jehane Noujaim

Al Jazeera is one entity that everyone across the Arab world watches. Arabs are proud of that.

— Jehane Noujaim

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

— Jehane Noujaim

Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.'

— Jehane Noujaim

When I hear the words 'activist filmmaking,' I think of somebody who's an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.

— Jehane Noujaim

There are different opinions across the Middle East of Al-Jazeera. They've been kicked out of Egypt and Jordan and then let back…

— Jehane Noujaim

I have actually been very fortunate to be able to make films on my own credit card without having huge funders behind…

— Jehane Noujaim

Now, I don't know whether a film can change the world, but I know that it starts - I know the power…

— Jehane Noujaim

As the world is getting smaller, it becomes more and more important that we learn each other's dance moves, that we meet…

— Jehane Noujaim

If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what…

— Jehane Noujaim