It's important in any project to remain focused.

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

Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.

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

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 each other, we are able to figure out a way to cross borders, to understand each other, to understand people's hopes and dreams, what makes them laugh and cry.

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

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