Buthina Canaan Khoury is a Palestinian independent filmmaker who established the Majd Production Company in 2000. The company’s main objective is to produce documentaries about various crucial Palestinian issues, focusing on women’s social and political problems. Khoury received her Bachelor’s degree in Filmmaking and Photography from the Massachusetts College of Fine Arts. Women in Struggle (2004), co-produced with Lichtpunt in Belgium and Medea Fund, was Khoury’s first documentary as producer, director and cinematographer. Screened worldwide, the documentary was awarded four prizes and has been translated to seven languages.

Director WOMEN IN STRUGGLE