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.

Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan's image.

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

I'd like to do a film in Canada, but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone.

I'm generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.

I believe in telling the truth.

Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.