“I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life.” ThinkingWholeWhole LifeDocumentaries Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo.” ThinkingWantChallengesEventsDutyHappeningsTopicsStatus QuoTimely Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“I think perhaps Pakistan can take the lead. Perhaps Turkey can as well, being part of Europe. But someone has to start talking about why the Muslim world has become a boiling pot and look beyond these cartoons to what the ideological reasons are for this divide.” ThinkingWorldWellsLooksReasonTalkingEuropeWell BeingPotDividesCartoonPakistanTurkeysIdeologicalBoilingMuslim World Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“My advice to other female directors would be to pay no heed to naysayers. Women can be united in the fact that there has always been someone in our lives who has told us "it can't be done" or "there is only so much you can do." We are constantly encouraged to think that being born a woman means we were born with limited choices and compromised dreams.” ThinkingMeanDoneFactsDreamWould BeChoicesCan DoBornUnitedPayOur LivesAdviceDirectorsFemaleHeedNaysayers Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“Where I grew up in Pakistan, it's really the luck of the draw. My mother got married when she was 17. She never went to college but she wanted each and every one of us to go to college and then work. She was relentless about it. And i think that part of who i am is shaped by her strength. If [girls] families support them, they can achieve their dreams” IfsThinkingDreamWantedMotherGirlSupportAchieveCollegeGrewMarriedGrew UpDrawsLuckWho I AmPakistanRelentlessFamily Support Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
