For a second year in a row, Netflix is bringing back the Because She Created space to the Red Sea Film International Festival – which is currently underway, concluding on December 9 – and shining the spotlight on the next generation of talented women in the Arab world who are telling stories that haven’t been told before.
The impressive line-up includes Adwa Bader, Saudi-American multihyphenate, interdisciplinary artist and star of Netflix’s upcoming Saudi film, ‘NAGA’, internationally-acclaimed Saudi writer, performing artist, actor and director, Fatima AlBanaoui, the writer/director behind the upcoming Netflix film Basma, and Haya Abdelsalam who is the lead and creative producer behind Netflix’s popular Kuwaiti series Devil’s Advocate.
“Because She Created has and always will be an opportunity for us to showcase the storytelling prowess of the Arab world,” said Nuha El Tayeb, Content Director, Middle East, Africa and Turkey at Netflix. “Arab women have been telling incredible stories for decades, and we’re seeing more women tell stories that haven’t been told before. We want to do more to celebrate and amplify their voices, and inspire a new generation of women to fulfill their creative dreams.”
The Because She Created Initiative has been celebrating and supporting Arab women since its launch in 2021. For any fan of good storytelling – that should be all of us – this is fantastic news, and it’ll be exciting to see what they come up with.
Film fanatics, rejoice!
