Our Team
Serge Bakalian
Executive Director
serge (at) arabfilmfestival (dot) org
Deana Nassar
Artistic Director | Festival Programmer
deana (at) arabfilmfestival.org (dot) org
Alexander Farrow
Programming Associate
Alix Blevins
Programming Assistant
Danielle Parker
Development Associate
Brianna Nelson
Communications Associate
Nagham Wehbe
Los Angeles Coordinator
Yasmina Tawil
Cinemayyat Editor
Interns
Julianna Esparza
Mona Hadidi
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Reem Ateyeh, President
Maati Benmbarek, Treasurer
Ramiz Rafeedie, Secretary
Waleed Elgindy
Shadi Elkarra
Jess Ghannam
Emily Katz Kishawi
Jumana Muwafi
Jessica Semaan
Dena Takruri
ADVISORY BOARD
Hany Abu-Assad
Sam Blan
Peter Boyle
Mhamed Ibnabdeljalil
Mario Kassar
Asaad Kelada
Rashid Khalidi
Kathy Najimy
Kathy Saade Kenny
Dina Saba
Ghada Saliba-Malouf
Jack Shaheen
Tony Shalhoub
Naomi Shihab Nye
Joan Widdifield