Manal Khaled

Manal Khaled is an Egyptian filmmaker. She studied philosophy and has completed a number of filmmaking, screenwriting and critique courses. Khaled first started out through Misr International Films, assisting prominent filmmakers such as Saad Hendawi, Kamla Abo Zekri, Hani Khalifa and Mohamed Ali. Her early works consisted of documentary and short fiction films, before she moved on to feature-length fiction films. She assisted in directing two dozen films such as Enta Omry, An El-Eshq w El-Hawa, Double Faces, Alwan El-Sama El-Sab'a and El-Awela f El-Gharam and TV series such as Al-Jami'a and Zay El-Ward. In the field of independent cinema, she shot and directed her first documentary in Gaza, Palestine, in 2008. Khaled has also been working at the Egyptian Television Network since 1993.