Amira Diab was born and raised in Nazareth in 1976, she holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and International Affairs from Tufts University’s Fletcher School in Boston. After studying film production at UCLA, she decided to dive head first into the film industry. Her recent credits include producing The Idol (2015), shoulder to shoulder with Academy Award nominated director, Hany Abu-Assad. She was also an associate producer on his film The Mountain Between Us (2017). Selfie Zein, her first short film, is inspired by the idea of how a “Disruptive Environment” may impact one’s creativity in art, music and cultural heritage.