Writer CV
FILM
Ali’s Wedding (Feature Film)
♦ Winner Australian Academy (AACTA) Award – Best Original Screenplay
♦ Winner Australian Writers Guild (AWGIE) Award – Best Original Screenplay
♦ Winner Film Critics Circle of Australia Award – Best Screenplay
♦ Winner Australian Critics Association Award – Best Screenplay
Be Less Beautiful (Feature Film) in development
When the Birds Aren’t Free to be Buried (Feature Animation) in development
Soldiers by Mistake (Feature Film) in development
Baghdad Psycho (Feature Film) in development
Road to the Blooming City (Feature Film) in development
Tales of a City by the Sea (Feature Film) in development
Good Muslim Boy (Feature Film) in development
Jamil’s Flowers (Feature Film) in development
TV
House of Gods (8 X 1 hour drama, in development)
Two Refugees and a Blonde (10 episode Web Series)
Baghdad to the Burbs (8 episode TV Sitcom/ development completed)
THEATRE
Good Muslim Boy (Malthouse Theatre Company/ Queensland Theatre Co-Production)
The Bus Stop
BOOKS
Good Muslim Boy
♦ Winner of the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award
♦ Winner of the Golden Phoenix Award – Contribution to Iraqi Culture in Diaspora
♦ Highly Commended at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award
