me, and after 9/11 when i was a working filmmaker, i looked around and saw my muslim friends facing a similar kind of hate. i felt an empathy towards them. that is around the time that i decided to start making films about american muslim stories. i felt that it needed to be done, it was not being done enough. i had a platform in order to do that. i feel that hate is hate. it doesn't matter who's hate it is. >> and on the subject of hate, earlier this week i spoke to congressman omar, who has faced -- listen to what she told me on