All the women in Pakistan working for change, don't give up on your dreams, this is for you.

When I'm not working on the ground, spending time with my husband and daughter puts me at ease.

But the biggest challenge overall was narrowing down the complex narrative elements into a clean and straightforward story while maintaining a sense of the cultural context that makes the film special.

By bringing the voices of the ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges to television screens around the world, I hope to affect change in one community at a time.

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.

Don't give up your dreams.

Music is a universal language.