A Lebanese writer, director, and producer. Born in Beirut in 1959. He currently heads the documentaries department of the Al Arabiya channel. As a director, he has made several films, among them 'Dates Hanging Under the Citadel of Aleppo' (2013), 'A Spell of Absence' (2011), 'How Bitter My Sweetness' (2009), 'My Heart Beats Only for Her' (2008), 'The Sky Is Not Always Above' (2007), 'Civil War' (2002), 'Twilight' (2000), and 'Tango of Desire' (1998). Author of three works: 'Deferred Cinema: Lebanese Cinema During the Civil War' (essay, published in Beirut in 1986); 'O Heart - A Cinematographic Autobiography on the Cinemas of the End of Old Beirut' (published in Beirut in 1996); and 'Cabaret Souad' (novel, published in Beirut in 2004).