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Of Syrian and Palestinian descent, Montreal born Ruba Nadda is known for her strong female lead characters who often find themselves..

Ruba Nadda

Canadian film director (born 1972)

Ruba Nadda (born 6 December 1972) is a Canadian film director.

Ruba Nadda (born 6 December 1972) is a Canadian film director.

Born in Montreal in 1972, of Syrian and Palestinian parents, Nadda moved around Canada a lot while growing up.

Of Syrian and Palestinian descent, Montreal born Ruba Nadda is known for her strong female lead characters who often find themselves.

Ruba Nadda wanted to create a portrait of the real Cairo, and share a sense of how people in the Middle East experience life and times.

Ruba Nadda is a critically and internationally acclaimed Canadian filmmaker.

She made several award-winning short films, including Lost Woman Story, Interstate Love Story, So Far Gone and Damascus Nights before writing and directing features I Always Come to You, Unsettled and Sabah.

Her movie Cairo Time won the Best Canadian Feature Film award at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and was Best Reviewed Romance on Rotten Tomatoes for 2010. She is known for shooting feature films in very short time spans.^[1]

Early life and education

Nadda was born to a Syrian father and a Palestinian mother.^[2]

Nadda studied literature at York University in Toronto, Ontario.

She went on to study Film Production at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and completed a six-week course there.^[3]

Directing career

Nadda made her feature film debut with Sabah starring actress Arsinée Khanjian in the title role