Jehane Noujaim Quotes
- 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…
- It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.
- Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are…
- Al Jazeera is one entity that everyone across the Arab world watches. Arabs are proud of that.
- Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.
- Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.
- You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.
- There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer…
- I have actually been very fortunate to be able to make films on my own credit card without having huge funders behind me dictating how…