Perfery
← Back to Perfery
Cherien Dabis

Director

Cherien Dabis

Directing
2009 — present · 2 films
Born
27 November 1976 · age 49
From
Omaha, Nebraska

Cherien Dabis (born November 27, 1976) is a Palestinian-American director, producer, and screenwriter. Her father is Palestinian and her mother is Jordanian. She spent many of her childhood summers in Jordan. Following a series of racist and Islamophobic incidents against her family when she was 14 years old, Dabis began wanting to change the way in which Arabs were portrayed in Western media. She went on to receive her B.A.

Career Signature

How Cherien Dabis’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.