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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.

Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favourite child.

Working moms elevate themselves above stay-at-home moms, and stay-at-home moms try to put down working moms. It's a war in which both sides are trying to put the other one down.

The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.

I think lot of Muslims have gotten fatigued by the way Muslim characters, even 'positive' ones, are portrayed in the media.

There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles.

Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.

My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death.

I think Hollywood makes the mistake of mixing all these identities and cultures, mostly from the Middle East.

And, these Islamic fundamentalists, these radical terrorists, these Middle Eastern monsters are committed to destroying the Jewish nation, driving her into the Mediterranean, conquering the world.