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

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

From 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.

From Jehane Noujaim

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

From 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 with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and a dehumanization of 'the Other,' and it's very much an us-versus-them conversation.

From Jehane Noujaim

I have actually been very fortunate to be able to make films on my own credit card without having huge funders behind me dictating how the story should be told.

From Jehane Noujaim

When I hear the words 'activist filmmaking,' I think of somebody who's an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.

From Jehane Noujaim

It's important in any project to remain focused.

From Jehane Noujaim

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 been totally banned from Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Syria.

From Jehane Noujaim

I don't know if there's such a thing as objectivity.

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