marina of the zabbaleen, more diff goodness to look forward to.

first-time director engi wassef sounds incredible:

Engi Wassef was born in Cairo, Egypt, on July 3rd , 1980 and lived there until
the age of seven. Her family then immigrated to the U.S. and settled in New
York City. She attended Harvard University, where she received a B.A. degree
magna cum laude in Government with a minor in Arabic. Engi worked on
Wall St. at the investment firm of Goldman Sachs before pursuing her MFA
in film at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Program.

Marina of the Zabbaleen is Engi’s first feature film, a documentary about a
young girl living in the hidden village of Christian garbage collectors in Cairo.

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