Culture Quote by Yasmine Hamdan

I'm a Lebanese woman who directs films. That's not it at all. I am not really a woman nor am I really an Arab.…

— Danielle Arbid

The future of Arab films is absolutely up to Arabs and no one else. They've got the equipment, they've got the will, they've got…

— Alexander Siddig

There are a lot of female directors in Lebanon but we can't really talk about a true film industry, it's still very small. But…

— Nadine Labaki

To say that there is patriarchy in Arab culture is not denying women agency.

— Mona Eltahawy

All of the Arabic women I grew up listening to or watching had a very strong character.

— Yasmine Hamdan

I think it's time we start chipping away at the stereotypes in Hollywood about the Middle East, and the Arab World, because it's one…

— Mena Massoud

I don't think there is only one Arab culture or a pure Arabness. We are very multiple, especially our generation, which is very multilayered.

— Yasmine Hamdan

There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles.

— Alexander Siddig

In general, the Arab world is an artistic hub that has such a variety, whether it be music, film, poetry.

— Ramy Youssef

Ever since I was a kid and growing up and watching things like the 'Naked Gun' movies, there was always this stereotype about how…

— Sami Zayn

I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them…

— Kim Kardashian

In many parts of the world, including the Arab world, the Latin American world, and even parts of the Western world, there is a…

— Tariq Ali