Nabulsi was born and raised in London,[1] and is the daughter of a Palestinian mother and Palestinian-Egyptian father.[2] Her father came to the UK to study for a PhD in civil engineering and her mother arrived via Kuwait when her family left Palestine following the Arab-Israeli war in 1967.[3] Nabulsi attended Francis Holland School for girls and is a graduate of Cass Business School, London.[citation needed]
In her late 30s, she switched her career after working in the city as a CFA-qualified stockbroker at a boutique investment bank, and later JP Morgan.[3] She made the decision following a trip to Palestine in 2013 for the first time as an adult to trace her family roots.[4][1]
Film career
In 2016, she founded Native Liberty Productions, a not-for-profit media production company that aims to re-humanize the Palestinians and draw attention to the injustices they face. She is also the founder of oceansofinjustice.com, a digital resource that deconstructs the Israeli military occupation of Palestine.[5]
Nabulsi has been invited to screen her work and speak at various events, including the United Nations Headquarters in New York; where she addressed the delegates in the Trustee Chamber Council.[6][7][8]
Her feature film, The Teacher, premiered on September 9, 2023[13] at the Toronto International Film Festival[14] and tells the story of a Palestinian school teacher who struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer worker.[15]The Teacher won over a dozen international awards, including the Audience Award at San Francisco International Film Festival[16] and Saleh Bakri's performance in the film earned him several Best Actor awards, including at Belgrade Film Festival[17] and also from the 8th Critics Awards for Arab Films; where The Teacher was also nominated in three other categories: Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Music.[18]