Jebel Banat - Student Visionary Award - TriBeCa Film Festival - 2019 

Jebel Banat - Best Movie - AfriCajarc Film Festival - 2019


Jebel Banat - Jury Special Mention - SHNIT Worldwide Short Film Festival - 2018 


His Cucumber - Certificate of Recognition - Les Femmes Film Festival - 2016


CalArts - Commendation - County of LA in Recognition of Dedicated Service - 2015


CUNY - Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Fine Arts - 2006


CUNY - Honors Exemplary Electronic ePortfolio Honors - 2006

Writer Director Development
The Fable of the Nile Bride Mermaid (Series) Egypt/ USA
Exploring a highly stigmatized social issue that is deeply woven within the fabric of Egyptian culture: women’s virginity and its relationship to honor.

Producer Writer Director Distribution 
Have a Nice Day (Short Film) Cairo, Egypt
A heated argument erupts between a couple over Hummus and Falafel when one of them discovers the food comes from an Israeli owned restaurant.

Actor (Directed by Manal Saad) October, 2020
Strawberry (Short Film) - Cairo, Egypt
A patient surprises her doctor with an unusual request before surgery. 

Actor (Directed by Randa Ali) July, 2020
If You Find Me in Cairo (Short Film) - Los Angeles , California
Two people develop a special connection at a farewell party in post-revolution Cairo. 

Producer Writer Director March, 2018 Jebel Banat (CalArts Thesis Short Film) Saint Katherine, Sinai, Egypt
The retelling of a melancholic 19th century Egyptian legend about two Bedouin sisters escaping forced marriages. Winner of the Student Visionary Award at TriBeCa Film Festival.
Producer Director Feb, 2017 Perfect Wife (Short Film) Egypt/ USA
An Egyptian woman abandons her passion for singing to get married and becomes a lifeless-like robot.
Producer Director July, 2016 With The Shoe (Short Film) Egypt/ USA
An Egyptian woman discovers a different reality with all the men in her life who start to treat her very differently after her divorce.
Producer Director May, 2016 His Cucumber (Short Film) Egypt/ USA
An Egyptian woman decides to respond to a man who verbally harasses her while at a market. The film went viral on social media on release, reaching half a million views. Screened at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York 2017.
Producer Writer Director April, 2016 I Am Not Free (Short Film) USA
A woman removes her hijab while she runs in the desert for a moment of freedom. Tribute to ‘My Stealthy Freedom’ a movement by Iranian women forced into compulsory Hijab.