Her film career began in 2012 when her short documentary Half Emirati premiered at Dubai Film Festival and became the ‘most watched film’ at the festival, discussing the social repercussions of being a mixed-race child. She later won “best up and coming director of 2013” at the Digital Studio Awards in Dubai and her talents were honored by Women in Film and Television as the “best new director” in the UAE.

Her debut feature length documentary about autism, The Brain That Sings was released in 2013 and received multiple international awards before being distributed by Inception Media Group on TV and VOD platforms. The film toured the UAE through a series of nation-wide, pop-up cinema screenings under the banner “The BTS autism awareness screening campaign” and contributed to the change in government legislation for special needs children in UAE-based schools.

Her short fiction film Under the hat (2016) tells the story of a mosque prayer caller who encounters a rebellious rock star with a fantastic voice who may be poised to take over his position when his prayer calling voice fails. The film travelled to festivals all over the world, from Malta to Santa Fe.