When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University.

Non-violence is not glamorous, and you don't see the effects right away.

Violence and nonviolence are, after all, two different forms of theater. They both depend and thrive on the response of an audience.

For any filmmaker who has just released a film and who is experiencing some measure of success, the temptation can be great to respond to every screening request that comes in.

Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?

Nothing scares the army more than nonviolent opposition.

When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University.