Sandra Nashaat Bassaal graduated from the faculty of Arts French section in 1993, a year after finishing studies at the Higher Institute of Cinema. Her first short film was “Akher sheta” and directed “Al-moviola ” a documentary film about the editor Kamaal Abul-Ela. “Mabrouk & Bolbol” was her first feature film (1996) starring Yahia al-Fakharaany and Dalaal Abdul Azeez, then directed the successful “Leih khalletny ahebbak ” (1999) starring Karim Abdel Azeez, Mona Zaky, Hala Sheeha, and Ahmed He...