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23 quotes by Jehane Noujaim

Jehane Noujaim Born Washington, D.C. Occupation Documentary film director Years active 1996–present Jehane Noujaim (Egyptian Arabic: چيهان نچيم, IPA: [ʒeˈhæːn nʊˈʒeːm]) is an Egyptian American documentary film director best known for her films Control Room, Startup.com, Pangea Day and The Square, that earned her documentary a nomination for an Academy Award.
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It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.

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I think everybody's had that feeling of sitting in a theater, in a dark room, with other strangers, watching a very powerful film, and they felt... →

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Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.'

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

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I used to do volunteer work in poor areas of Cairo, and people would gather their money together to get a satellite dish. You'd see them huddling... →

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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... →

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Now, I don't know whether a film can change the world, but I know that it starts - I know the power of it - I know that it starts people thinking... →

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There are different opinions across the Middle East of Al-Jazeera. They've been kicked out of Egypt and Jordan and then let back in; they've... →

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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... →

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If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded... →

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

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

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

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