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Apr 2023
1h 33m

Ahd Kamel 82 | The Film Industry, Social...

MO ISLAM
About this episode
Ahd Kamel is a Saudi actress and filmmaker. She’s known for her roles in the BAFTA-nominated film, Wadjda (2014) and BBC2/Netflix’s Collateral (2018). She’s also written and directed two award-winning short films, “The Shoemaker“ and Sanctity” (now playing on Netflix in MENA). She recently appeared in Amazon’s “All the Old Knives” and on Hulu’s season 3 of R ... Show More
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