納吉瓦·納賈爾 Najwa Najjar

Najwa Najjar (Arabic: ???? ?????) is a film writer/director. Born to a Jordanian father and Palestinian mother, she began her career making commercials and has worked in both documentary and fiction since 1999. Her debut feature film 'Pomegranates and Myrrh picked up 10 international awards, sold worldwide and was released theatrically and screened at over 80 international festivals.[1] Her second film Eyes of a thief also is a multi award winning thriller based on a true story, and shot entirely in Palestinian Territories.[2] with Egyptian multi award-winning star actor and producer Khaled Abol Naga as the lead and the Algerian sensational singer Souad Massi debut as an actress, Eyes of a thief was the official Palestinian submission to the 2014 87th Academy Awards (The Oscars).