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“In documentary films, the most difficult thing to achieve is to make something complex appear simple.”

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When you have a situation that's destructive, when there's tremendous inhumanity everywhere, you see how humanity survives in all of its different permutations.

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“Death was sweetened for the martyrs by the promise of 72 virgins waiting in paradise. She had researched the 72 virgins. The number wasn’t…

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I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.

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“You can take me to Petra, and sing for me in the ruins.” “Insha’Allah.”

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