Anisa Mehdi

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Anisa Marie Mehdi is an Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist.

She graduated from Wellesley College in 1978 and obtained her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.[1]

She worked as an associate producer at

National Geographic
television. As executive producer of the
Cine Golden Eagle Award.[2]

She is currently writing a biography on her father, Dr.

Arab American activist in the United States.[3] In 2007, Mehdi and two other writers launched the now-defunct Arab Writers Group Syndicate.[4]

In February 2016, she joined the editorial board of the intelligence company Stratfor.[5] As of 1998, Mehdi lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.[6]

Anisa Mehdi is of half Iraqi and half Canadian descent.[3]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "ANISA MEHDI HAS WEDDING". The New York Times. 1985-08-18. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  2. ^ New York Women in Film and Television
  3. ^ a b "Anisa: In Profile". weekly.ahram.org.eg. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  4. ^ Dave Astor (2007-09-04). "Arab Writers Group Syndicate Is Launched". Editor & Publisher. Archived from the original on 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  5. ^ Stratfor (2015-02-15). "Award-Winning Journalist Anisa Mehdi Joins Stratfor Editorial Board". Marketwired.
  6. ^ Curtiss, Richard H. Dr. Mohammad T. Mehdi (1928-1998), Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, April 1998. Accessed August 27, 2007.

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