Nada Riyadh is an Egyptian director. Her debut documentary film Happily Ever After, co-directed with Ayman El Amir premiered at IDFA in 2016. Her short fiction film Fakh (The Trap) was selected for the official competition of 58th La Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival 2019. Since 2011, Nada leads filmmaking workshops to empower disadvantaged communities suffering from war, displacement and difficult living conditions in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. In 2016. Being an Egyptian female filmmaker, Nada hopes to play a role in championing diversity and empowering women in the film industry in the MENA region.