A Palestinian-Jordanian director and screenwriter, born in Amman and raised in Bethlehem. She studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 2002. She has worked as a director and producer on numerous documentaries and short films, including Perforated Memory (2008) and Far from Here (2006). In 2014, she directed Saken, her first feature film, which tackles the issue of the Palestinian resistance.