Quotes by Syrian authors

"We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel"

"The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq"

"The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus"

"None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel"

"It should be known that Israel is based on treachery"

"Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water"

"Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine"

"Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist"

"Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests"

"But the issue has to do with land, which is our land"

"Terrorism has no religion, no nationality, and no humanity. We must all work together to fight this evil"

"I believe that we need to have more dialogue and understanding between different cultures, and that art and culture can play an important role in bringing people together"

"I think that every movie should have some form of a message, and what makes a film good is not just the entertainment factor, but also the values and ideas that it presents"

"If my films have a message, it's that humanity is a single family and we should try to help each other"

"I'm an Arab, but I'm also a citizen of the world. Islam is my religion, but I believe my religion is not exclusive"

"Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up"

"I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West"

"If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message"

"Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me"