Jehane Noujaim
Jehane Noujaim
Jehane Noujaimis an Egyptian American documentary film director best known for her films Control Room, Startup.com, Pangea Day and The Square, the latter of which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award...
NationalityEgyptian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 May 1974
CountryEgypt
world proud als
Al Jazeera is one entity that everyone across the Arab world watches. Arabs are proud of that.
issues volunteer people
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 around and for the first time seeing issues being debated on TV that had never been talked about before. And that is the biggest promoter of democracy you could possibly have.
stories credit able
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.
spy kind filmmaker
Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.
father egypt would-be
Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.
taken fighting rights
Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.
across banned east jordan kicked sudan totally
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.