Manal bin Amr
Manal Ali bin Amr is an Emirati writer, photographer, Film director, and film producer.
Manal bin Amr
- Name
- Manal bin Amr
- Birth Name
- Manal Ali bin Amr
- Born
- 1978
- Occupation
- Writer, photographer, director, producer
- Education
- * United Arab Emirates University
- Full name
- Manal Ali Bin Amr.
- Nationality
- United Arab Emirates.
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• Name — Manal bin Amr • Birth Name — Manal Ali bin Amr • Born — 1978 • Occupation — Writer, photographer, director, producer • Citizenship — United Arab Emirates • Education — * United Arab Emirates University • Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
Education and career
Education and career
Bin Amr was born in Abu Dhabi in 1978. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from the United Arab Emirates University in 2000 and later obtained a Master's degree in Marketing, Communication, and Media from Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi in 2018. Professionally, she worked as an editor at the Emirati publication Al-Mar'a Al-Youm from 2008 to 2012. A pioneer in the UAE's cinematic scene, she began her career by directing several short films, including The Shoe (2006), Stuck Face (2007), From the Agenda of Treason (2008), Borrowed (2009), Widad (2009), Noura's Apple (2010), and Things (2011). She gained widespread acclaim for her bold 2015 series The Smell of Bread, which tackled sensitive social issues. Bin Amr also enjoys photography, graphic design, and printmaking.
Books
• Away from the Hands of Prostitutes: Prose Texts, 2012. • We say a lot in a joke, Athar Publishing and Distribution House, 2013. • Something Black, Jumeirah Publishing and Distribution, 2015.
Awards
• Dubai International Film Festival Award for Best Local Cinematic Talent for Stuck Face, 2007. • Best Theatre Direction Award at the Youth Theatre Festival for the play Portia in 2007. She also participated in the play From Where to Where at the same festival in 2008. • Best Promising Emirati Female Director Award from the Dubai International Film Festival, 2009. • First place in the Portrait category at the 3rd European Exhibition of Arab Photographers in Germany, 2006.
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