Hena Ashraf is an independent filmmaker. She likes to create with cameras and stories, and has been making films since her teenage years. Hena’s roots are from the subcontinent, and she spent her early years in the U.K. before immigrating to America. She lives in the land of Brooklyn, after stints at the University of Michigan and London’s East End. Hena tends to disappear into her headphones, and also writes here and there, sometimes blogging here and here. She is currently working on her next short narrative film, Small Delights.
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News about Hena and her work:
“Standing in Solidarity”, February 11th, 2011, KABOBfest
“Iraq Before and After”, August 17th, 2010, KABOBfest
“Hena Ashraf: Talent Bazaar”, July 2010, WISE Muslim Women
“Film Fest Highlights Palestinian Narrative”, March 10th, 2010, Arab Detroit
“Q and A with a Muslima filmmaker”, May 13th, 2009, Ann Arbor Islamic Issues Examiner
“The first Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival”, March 10th, 2009, Michigan Daily
“A Palestine film festival in Ann Arbor”, February 28th, 2009, KABOBfest
“Palestine film festival comes to Ann Arbor”, February 27th, 2009, The Arab American News
“Uzair – Review of a Short Film”, September 15th, 2008, Media and Islam
