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 aro…

- Jehane Noujaim

I'm interested in characters that are complex people.

- Jehane Noujaim

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

- Jehane Noujaim

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

- Jehane Noujaim

As the world is getting smaller, it becomes more and more important that we learn each other's dance moves, that we meet each other, we get to know e…

- Jehane Noujaim

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

- Jehane Noujaim

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 ther…

- Jehane Noujaim

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 wi…

- Jehane Noujaim

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

- Jehane Noujaim