The Class That Changed Everything
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She never planned to be a filmmaker. Then, one day at a Qatar Foundation school, Amal Al-Muftah spotted an elective no one expected – a film class. And it set her on her way from being a curious student to a director who shares Qatar’s stories with audiences at home and abroad. Today, Amal is focused on building a body of work that contributes to what she calls ‘the Qatar voice’: an evolving narrative that reflects the country’s diversity.
Amal Al-Muftah never planned to become a filmmaker. At Qatar Academy, she was just another student choosing electives when she spotted something unusual – a film class. At that time, learning filmmaking for someone her age wasn’t even a concept in Qatar. To be offered it as a school subject was far from the norm.
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