Sandra Nashaat Bassaal graduated from the faculty of Arts French section in 1993, a year after finishing studies at the Higher Institute of Cinema. Her first short film was âAkher shetaâ and directed âAl-moviola â a documentary film about the editor Kamaal Abul-Ela. âMabrouk & Bolbolâ was her first feature film (1996) starring Yahia al-Fakharaany and Dalaal Abdul Azeez, then directed the successful âLeih khalletny ahebbak â (1999) starring Karim Abdel