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Lee was conscious that Nizar watched her trying to adjust her abaya. She knew everyone could tell a Western woman by her awkwardness and her shoes.

Why did you become a journalist?"
"Better than working for a living.

I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.

It's a very enclosed world on Wall Street.

When you do a piece of journalism, you may have to cut away 95 percent of what you are experiencing.

When I was at graduate school in London, I began working at NBC News, which had a thriving documentary unit.

But there are times, I would argue, when fiction delivers the greater truth.

When I was in London at NBC, I was the lowest man on the totem pole. I would go to diplomatic receptions to meet people.

Yes, I know, I'm only an artist. What would I know about the dark side of Baghdad?

In documentary films, the most difficult thing to achieve is to make something complex appear simple.

You can take me to Petra, and sing for me in the ruins."
"Insha'Allah.

I covered the first Gulf War in Saudi Arabia and Israel for ABC News.

I have a great spouse, Andrew Cockburn, who's also a journalist.

Are you a journalist?"
"I'm a doctor."
"Good. We need doctors, Wallahi." Sadoon scowled. "Journalists only tell lies and smuggle carpets.