Born in Kuwait in 1985, studied film in San Francisco. A Palestinian film director, producer and cinematographer. His first short film, [#i_]Lesh Sabreen?[_i#](2009), premiered at the International Short Film Festival in Clermont- Ferrand in 2009 and screened at over 60 international festivals. His directorial feature debut, [#i_]Love Theft and Other Entanglements[_i#](2015), premiered at the Berlinale Panorama in 2015 and nominated for several First Feature awards at Seattle Film Festival, Taipei Film Festival, Carthage and others. His second feature [#i_]The Reports on Sarah and Saleem[_i#] won Audience Award and Tiger Award-Special Mention at Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2018.