Anisa Marie Mehdi is an Iraqi-Canadian

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and

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. 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

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in New York on the news magazine series '' West 57th''. Her most notable documentary was '' Inside Mecca'', which she produced and directed for

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television. As executive producer of the PBS ''

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'' special "Muslims", she received the 2002 Cine Golden Eagle

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. She is currently writing a biography on her father, Dr. Mohammad T. Mehdi, an

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activist in the

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. In 2007, Mehdi and two other writers launched the now-defunct Arab Writers Group Syndicate. In February 2016, she joined the editorial board of the intelligence company

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. As of 1998, Mehdi lives in

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.Curtiss, Richard H
Dr. Mohammad T. Mehdi (1928-1998)
''

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'', April 1998. Accessed August 27, 2007. Anusa Mehdi is of half

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i and half

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descent.

Filmography

* '' Inside Mecca'' (2003) * ''Muslims'' (2002) * ''Frontline'' (2002) **''Muslims''

References

External links

Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehdi, Anisa Marie Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian expatriate film directors in the United States Canadian expatriate journalists in the United States Iraqi women film directors Canadian people of Iraqi descent Iraqi film directors Iraqi journalists Iraqi people of Canadian descent People from Maplewood, New Jersey Canadian Shia Muslims Seton Hall University faculty American Shia Muslims Iraqi Shia Muslims Canadian women film directors Canadian television producers Canadian women television producers Canadian women television journalists Iraqi women journalists 21st-century Iraqi women writers 21st-century Iraqi writers Film directors from New Jersey