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

It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.

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

I'm interested in characters that are complex people.

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

It's important in any project to remain focused.

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.

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

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

Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.

I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike.

There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.

One might think one is loving God

Mental communication without verbalization... all space is made up of waves and we are constantly sending and receiving messages from our brain.

I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I've never been ambitious.

He’s harmless, poor thing. That’s what everyone said. It was true, but who cares? Lots of people are harmless, but that doesn’t mean I have to like them.

The use of animals in medical research remains absolutely essential.

I wish I would tell our audience that we don't hate them without sounding cheesy.

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

Enlightenment is nothing but your consciousness being concentrated on a single point - now and here.

It's really fun to write cuss words. Just in general.