‘Like Twenty Impossibles’ (2003) was the first Arab short selected at Cannes; ‘Salt Of This Sea’ (2008) won the FIPRESCI Critics Award; ‘When I Saw You’ won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale; and ‘Wajib’ (2017) won 36 international awards. She has served on juries at Cannes, Sundance and Berlin, founded Philistine Films, and is a member of APSA, AMPAS and BAFTA.