Ali El Arabi is a director and producer based in Cairo. He got his start as a producer and director at Dream TV (Egypt) where he worked on various documentaries such as The Lady of the Girls, Witness and Martyr, What's Hidden is Greater, Dreaming of a Constitution and 6th of April Youth Movement. In addition he trained reporters on how to shoot news pieces. He went on to produce documentaries for ZDF, Stern TV Germany, and National Geographic in the MENA region. In 2015 El Arabi set up Ambient Light, a Cairo-based production company where he focuses on various topics relevant to the MENA region such as refugee displacement and women and children's rights. El Arabi holds a bachelor's degree in Integrated Marketing and Communications from Mansoura University. Captains of Za'atari is his first documentary feature film.()