Yasser Naeim graduated in 1998 with a B.Sc of Commerce, but the desire to continue down the traditional career path was eclipsed by his passion for storytelling. After enrolling in an Art Lab for Cinema Directing at the American University in Cairo, Naeim worked as an assistant director, production manager and later as a director for several AlJazeera documentaries. In 2010 he directed the documentary “Improvisation” while moonshining as a scriptwriter for a local TV series and co-writing Ibrahim El Batout’s “Winter of Discontent”, screened at the Venice Int. Film Festival in 2012.