Hanan Mahbouba (b. 1990 San Jose, CA) is a writer and filmmaker. Her work focuses on storytelling that explores the space between belonging and otherness. Hanan’s interests, in both film and text, revolve around the distillation of the singular moments that end up framing our understandings of ourselves and others. Recently, she wrote and directed a short film and is currently at work on her first feature. Hanan has an MFA from The Writer's Foundry at St. Joseph’s College and has worked extensively in NYC as a producer and writer for documentary and independent film projects.