Ziad Doueiri

I was a child during the Lebanese civil war, and I remember Israeli bombardments. So growing up, my view of Israel was…

— Ziad Doueiri

I was born in Lebanon and emigrated to the U.S. and went back. I'd been raised in a French school in Beirut.…

— Ziad Doueiri

The world is going on a high-speed connection; the Arab revolution is still dial-up. So we have to give it a little…

— Ziad Doueiri

I wrote and finished the script for 'Man in the Middle' two weeks after the September 11 bombing. It's a very American…

— Ziad Doueiri

Sometimes art is ahead of revolution.

— Ziad Doueiri

I wasn't trained as a writer-director. And the projects I write are difficult to finish.

— Ziad Doueiri

The mystified idea I had of Israel - the demonization of Israel - it just wasn't true.

— Ziad Doueiri

I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature…

— Ziad Doueiri

Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that…

— Ziad Doueiri

I lived through many battles - the 1973, I was young; in 1982 with the Israeli invasions, and 2006 between Hezbollah and…

— Ziad Doueiri

I am constantly swimming on the margin, neither 100% American, French, nor Lebanese. I am none of those. I am the result…

— Ziad Doueiri