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Jehane Noujaim Quotes

Egyptian - Director | -

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

Beauty Creativity People World See

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

Kind Spy Being Filmmaker Like

When you have an American mother from the Midwest and an Egyptian father, you travel back and forth and see such completely different stories in the news about the exact same events. It makes you think, 'How is anybody able to understand or even have a dialogue when the basis of information is just so completely different?'

Father Mother Travel Think American

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 never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.

Change Fight People Fighting Look

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

World Proud Watches Everyone Arabs

It would be nice to be in one place for a while and have a social life again and get a job. But I'm not qualified to do anything. That's the problem.

Life Job Problem Place Be Nice Nice

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

Father Egypt Watching United Would

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

People Dislike Film Make About

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

Opportunity You Know Principles

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

Love Learning People Goal Being

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 there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt.

Work Education Live Health Doing

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

Challenge People Conflict Looking

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