Deeyah Khan Quotes
We must defend democracy using its own mechanisms, through explaining and exemplifying its merits rather than through the heavy-handed and arbitrary silencing of its critics. This is how we will build a sustainable alternative to the contorted worldview of extremists.
Khan, Deeyah. "Theresa May's Counter-Terrorism Strategy Is Flawed." HuffPost UK, 2015.
Comment on the Election of President Putin.
He was referring to China which has gone to great length to censor and control the Internet going into China.
In a particularly acrimonious House debate on the largest military appropriations bill in the history of the country, the speaker limited an opponent to 45 seconds to argue against the pending bill. Jacobs shouted his protest:
Deeyah Khan is a Norwegian British documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Deeyah is a two-time Emmy Award winner and the recipient of two BAFTA nominations and has received the Royal Television Society award for Best Factual Director. She has made six documentaries to date, all have been shown on ITV in the UK as part of its Exposure series.
