• First Name Nadia
• Surname Tabbara
• Country of Origin Lebanon
• Country of Residence Lebanon

Biography

Nadia Tabbara is a writer and educator who grew up in the United States and moved back to Lebanon to lend her voice and writing expertise to tell stories that are regionally successful and globally recognized. As a screenwriter, her scripts have competed in Hollywood and her short films have screened at top-tier film festivals, in Lebanon and abroad. She is a professional writer and creator of two, high budget Lebanese TV series and a published author of a book on creativity. In 2005, Nadia received her BA in Film and Writing from Emerson College in Boston and headed to New York City where she would work in the Film industry for over 5 years on major Hollywood films such as “The Adjustment Bureau” and “New York, I Love You” and popular TV shows such as “The Good Wife.” During this time, she continued her training with award-winning screenwriter Jacob Krueger, where she spent over 2 years in his specialized Studio finishing her first (of many) feature film screenplays. She moved back to Lebanon in 2011 and opened FADE IN: creative academy, growing it into a competitive writing hub with an education program for aspiring writers and a screenwriting arm for film & TV. Nadia’s Work: - AWAKE, head writer/Creator, 16-episode TV series currently in post production and set to air on regional and Lebanese TV, Spring 2019 - BEIRUT CITY, head writer/Co-Creator, 15-episode TV series aired on MBC4 and MTV (Lebanon), 2018 - HARNESS YOUR CREATIVITY, Author, published by Turning Point Books, May 2018 - ARAB WOMEN VOICE NEW REALITIES, short story publication by Turning Point Books, featured writer, 2017