Her PhD focus was on 'Effective Methods of Theatre for Development Practice; Understanding the Conditions That Provide Autonomy and Empowerment for Marginalized Communities'.
Yasmine Kandil began her career working in Cairo with Mohammed Sobhy, with one of the country's leading directors.
While doing this work, she discovered that "the mainstream milieu of theatre directors, actors, and producers was quite corrupt, sexist, and male chauvinist" (Kandil, 2015).
She has also traveled as a lighting designer to Paris, Uzès (France), Brussels, Rome, Genoa, The Hague, Beirut, Damascus, Amman, and Victoria and St. Catharines in Canada.
Her work has been influenced by Harold Pinter, Frank Wedekind, Caryl Churchill, Bertolt Brecht, Peter Brook, Jerzy Grotowski, Paulo Freire, Michael Etherton, Dorothy Heathcote, Tim Prentki, and Juliana Saxton.