Arab actor and filmmaker from Saudi Arabia. born in Dubai. He began making films in 2012 with the student documentary, The Gamboo3a Revolution (2012), which won several awards. He then shifted to narrative filmmaking with the silent film Guilt (2013) and the anti bullying drama Nagafa (2014). He was a recipient of Sharjah Art Foundation Production Grant for his short drama Laymoon (2019). His latest film, The Monster (2021).
In Inkheart, the twelve-year-old, Meggie, discovers that her father Mo, a professional bookbinder, has the unusual ability to transfer characters from books into the real world when he reads aloud—they call those with this ability "Silvertongue".