Cherien Dabis and Nisreen Faour on the set of Amreeka.

Alia Shawkat, Cherien Dabis and Melkar Muallem at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Bill Pullman, Cherien Dabis, Nadine Malouf and Ritu Singh Pande attend the May In The Summer premiere during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis attends IFP's 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street on November 30, 2009 in New York City.



Ritu Singh Pande, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Nadine Malouf and Cherien Dabis attend the May In The Summer premiere during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis attends the press conference for her first feature film 'Amerrika' at the Cine Verdi on January 4, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.

The cast of May in the Summer at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis attends the IFP's 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street.

Cherien Dabis and Nisreen Faour attend the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

Alia Shawkat and Cherien Dabis at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis and Hiam Abbass at the 2013 Venice Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis, Hiam Abbass and Nisreen Faour attend the international premiere of Amreeka at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis introduces May in the Summer at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival world premiere.

Cherien Dabis and Farah Bsaiso in episode 7 of Mo Season 2

Saleh Bakri & Cherien Dabis in "All That's Left of You"

Cherien Dabis at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

CHERIEN DABIS AS NADIA, MO AMER AS MO IN EPISODE 105 OF MO.

Cherien Dabis, Ula Tabari, and Nisreen Faour in Villa Touma (2014)

Cherien Dabis and Ula Tabari in Villa Touma (2014)

Cherien Dabis, Ula Tabari, Nisreen Faour, and Maria Zreik in Villa Touma (2014)

Cherien Dabis as Birdie in Fallout season one

Cherien Dabis at THR’s studio during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

(L to R) Lee Eddy as attorney Lizzie Horowitz, Cherien Dabis as Nadia, Farah Bsieso as Yusra, Omar Elba as Sameer and Mo Amer as Mo at an immigration hearing in the Netflix series ‘Mo.”

Mo Amer, Omar Elba, Cherien Dabis, who play siblings in 'Mo', pray at their father's grave.

Pictured, from left, are actors Lee Eddy, Farah Bsieso, Omar Elba, Cherien Dabis, and Mo Amer.

Cherien Dabis, Nadine Malouf & Alia Shawkat in May in the Summer

Bill Pullman and Cherien Dabis in May in the Summer

Cherien Dabis at an event for All That's Left of You (2025)

Bill Pullman, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Cherien Dabis, Ritu Singh Pande, and Nadine Malouf at an event for May in the Summer (2013)

Cherien Dabis at an event for May in the Summer (2013)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cherien Dabis, and Chyna Layne

Bill Pullman, Cherien Dabis, and Elie Mitri in May in the Summer (2013)