She is the author of the 2019 documentary, Khartoum Offside, and an advocate of women's rights through her work.
[3] For her graduation project, Zein wrote, directed and produced the short documentary film, A Game, in 2009, translated into five languages and presented as an official selection in over 30 international festivals globally.
In 2019, she completed a four-year long project, which she wrote and directed, a sports documentary called Khartoum Offside.
[9][10] One central message of the film was stated in the introductory lines like this: “Under the current political Islamic military rule, women are not allowed to play football in Sudan – and we are not allowed to make films – but…”[11][8] In producing this film, she defied the Sudanese government's negative attitude towards women's involvement in filmmaking.
[12] Although she didn't encounter direct physical assault during the course of making this film, she received some threats of her camera or material possibly being destroyed.