Writer CV
FILM
Ali’s Wedding (Feature Film) now on NETFLIX
♦ 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
Tennessine (Feature Film) in post-production
When the Birds Aren’t Free to be Buried (Feature Animation) in development
Be Less Beautiful (Feature Film) in development
TV
House of Gods (Series Creator, Writer – 6 X 1 hour drama, ABC, in development)
Babylonia (Co-Creator, Showrunner, Writer, 8 X 30 hour drama, SBS, in development)
The Clearing (Writer, 8 X 1 hour drama, Disney Star, in development)
Two Refugees and a Blonde (10 episode Web Series, YouTube)
Baghdad to the Burbs (8 X 30 mins TV Sitcom/ development completed)
THEATRE
Good Muslim Boy (Malthouse Theatre Company/ Queensland Theatre)
The Bus Stop (Department of Justice)
Be Less Beautiful – in development
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
