[3] Warda was born in Cairo, Egypt, but immigrated to Montréal, Quebec, Canada with her parents at the age of 9.
[9] She went on to translate several other plays during her tenure, such as Cindy Lou Johnson's The Years (Les années), Brad Fraser's The Ugly Man (L'homme laid), and Philip Ridley's Pitchfork Disney.
[10] In 2002, she began working for the National Theatre School of Canada, holding the position of associate director general.
[11] Warda was nominated for the Governor General's Award in 2001 for her translation of George F. Walker's Suburban Motel as Motel de passage, and later won a Governor General's Award in 2011 for her translation of Greg MacArthur's The Toxic Bus Incident as Toxique ou l’incident dans l’autobus.
[13] In 2015, Warda's translation into French of Erin Shields’ If We Were Birds was used in a production of the play directed by Geneviève L.