He is the director of Rags & Tatters, Microphone and Heliopolis. Graduated from the Faculty of Music Education, worked as a film editor from 2003. Ahmad Abdalla is the winner of the Golden Tulip from Istanbul International Film Festival, Tanit d'or from Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, Griot Best Film of African Film Festival of Tarifa, Best Arabic film from Cairo International Film Festival. He also won the Deutsche Welle Best Of Blogs award at 2008 for his arabic personal blog.More info on his work is on his website.