Anisa Mehdi
Canadian film director and journalist
About Anisa Mehdi
Born 2000. Anisa Mehdi is an Iraqi and Canadian journalist, film director, television producer and biographer.
Anisa Marie Mehdi is an Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist.
She graduated from Wellesley College in 1978 and obtained her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
She worked as an associate producer at CBS News in New York on the news magazine series West 57th.
She is currently writing a biography on her father, Dr. Mohammad T. Mehdi, an Arab American activist in the United States.
In February 2016, she joined the editorial board of the intelligence company Stratfor. As of 1998, Mehdi lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Anisa Mehdi is of half Iraqi and half Canadian descent.
Filmography Inside Mecca (2003) Muslims (2002) Frontline (2002) Muslims
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Who is Anisa Mehdi?
Canadian film director and journalist
When was Anisa Mehdi born?
Anisa Mehdi was born in 2000.
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Anisa Mehdi is a journalist, film director, television producer and biographer.
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Anisa Mehdi is Iraqi and Canadian.
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