Brooklyn/Beirut-based filmmaker and musician. Alia grew up in South Lebanon until 1994 when she fled, during the Israeli war on Lebanon, to the UAE and later the US. In 2005 she returned to Lebanon to complete a BFA at AUB. She then worked as a photographer and photo editor, covering the SWANA region and the Syrian war, and as a freelance investigative video-journalist for multiple media organizations. She is director of the award winning “ship of fools’ short and co-author of the award-winning feature-doc “Kashkash”. Alia received multiple funds for her films like AFAC, Dohafilminstitute, MFG Filmförderung and a music album fund from NYFA.