Education liberates a woman.

- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-Aid to a cut, it may stop the bleeding but unless…

- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been o…

- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

By bringing the voices of the ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges to television screens around the world, I hope to affect change in …

- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.

- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.

- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I believe in telling the truth.

- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

My advice to other female directors would be to pay no heed to naysayers. Women can be united in the fact that there has always been someone in our l…

- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy