Most people in the Middle East at the moment, even if they are totally open-minded about possible peace, nobody does anything. It's an age of indiffe….

In the Middle East you get that sense that leadership decisions and the local powers that are working around us all the time have a direct effect on ….

I'm not political in the sense of activity. My activity, I guess, are the films. I can't really say if I'm worried or a bit optimistic. I think in a ….

Today, especially, it's a really unclear situation in terms of where the Israelis are at, and where the Palestinians are at, the world is kind of cha….

It was important for me to show that Beirut and Lebanon were once the pearl of the Middle East. Beirut was once called the Paris of the Middle East a….

We all live in a world where we can go to a funeral in the morning and go to a wedding in the evening and we survive it. It's the way the world is bu….

I think optimism and humour are key words for me to make the films accessible, which means they can really travel and be seen by as many people as po….