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Heiny Srour
Lebanese film director
Heiny Srour | |
|---|---|
| Born | هايني سرور&#;(Arabic) () March 23, (age&#;79) Beirut |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Known&#;for | First female Arab filmmaker to have a film chosen for the Cannes Film Festival |
| Notable work | The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived, Leila and the Wolves |
Heiny Srour (Arabic: هايني سرور; born March 23, [1]) is a Lebanese film director.
She is best known for being the first female Arab filmmaker to have a film (The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived) chosen for the Cannes Film Festival.[2] Srour advocated for women's rights through her films, her writing, and by funding other filmmakers.[3]
Career
Born in in Beirut, Srour studied sociology at the American University of Beirut and then completed a doctorate in social anthropology at the Sorbonne.
Her first film, Bread of Our Mountains (, 3 minutes, 16mm) was lost during the Lebanese Civil War.[1]