I started my career as a video journalist in the Middle East and after five years of bad news, I pivoted to fiction and comedy, with music videos for indie artists as my passion. I've worked in Canada. the US and the Middle East with Reuters, Vice, the CBC, Condé Nast, Food Network and more.
I'm now pursuing a graduate degree at OCAD University to focus on my visual art practice which critiques media, power and gender.
ACADEMIC AWARDS
SSHRC Scholarship 2022
OCAD U Graduate Studies First Year Award 2023
FILM AWARDS +HONORS
HAIFA STREET
Development + Post Fund | Doha Film Institute 2015/17
Cinescape Award | Dubai International Film Festival 2016
TFI Network Selected Project | Tribeca Film Institute 2017
Production Bridge Selected Project | Venice Film Festival 2018
New Currents Award | Busan International Film Festival 2019
Best Film + Best Actor Award | Cairo Film Festival 2019
BÊTES HUMAINES
Production Fund | Le Fonds TV5 Quebec 2010
Best Web Series Nomination | Gemini Awards 2011
Official selection | Newport Beach Film Festival 2012
PHATWA
Production Fund | Canada Council for the Arts 2008
Official Selection | Toronto CFC World Short Film Festival 2009
Official Selection | San Francisco Arab Film Festival 2009