Waha Al-Raheb

Waha Al-Raheb (born 1960) is a Syrian-Egyptian actress and filmmaker.

[1] She wrote and directed Dreamy Visions (2003), the first Syrian feature film by a woman.

[2] Waha Al-Raheb was born to Syrian parents on April 27, 1960 in Cairo.

The daughter of a diplomat, Al-Raheb was educated internationally.

She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Damascus before studying film at Paris 8 University, with a thesis on the role of women in Syrian cinema from 1963 to 1986.