Biographies: Viola Shafik - Writer

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She is an Egyptian-German writer and director, born in Schönaich, Baden-Württemberg, Germany in 1961. After studying in Cairo, she joined the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and studied Oriental and German studies in Hamburg. She obtained her doctorate in 1994 on Arab Cinema. She specialized in directing documentaries and taught cinema at the American University in Cairo. She is known for the documentary My Name Is Not Ali (2011).

• 6 September 2021
• Christina Aziz