Mirna Sakhleh

Facilitated psychosocial support and psychodrama-based mental health sessions for children. Applied drama and expressive techniques to support emotional well-being and resilience in child-focused group settings.

Facilitated psychosocial support and mental health awareness sessions for children and adults in marginalized Bedouin communities. Conducted community needs assessment sessions to inform program planning and interventions.

Working as a freelancer on diverse projects, including facilitating theatre and drama workshops for children, women, and people with disabilities, as well as researching community-based themes and writing scripts for stage productions.

Facilitated psychosocial support and psychodrama-based mental health sessions for marginalized women.

Worked as a researcher, scriptwriter, and translator for two YouTube podcast series. Conducted background research, developed episode scripts, and prepared translated content for publication.

Appeared in Degrade (2015), a Palestinian feature film, and performed in Baranda 97 (2020), a Palestinian web series. Featured in Antenna (2021), a YouTube podcast, and appeared in several local Palestinian film productions.

Wrote and directed children's theatre and community theatre productions. Co-authored proposals for cultural and artistic projects and managed stage operations and production logistics.

Conducted one-to-one interviews with 20 Palestinian artisans and authored artist portfolios and success stories for publication on the official Paltisana website.

Provided transcription and Arabic–English–Arabic translation for two audiovisual productions by Rābet (PIPD): Teta's Kitchen and Gaza Stories.

Facilitated gender-sensitive sessions for male and female youth community leaders. Wrote scripts for two short promotional films advocating women's rights.

Facilitated psychosocial support and mental health awareness sessions for children and women in marginalized Bedouin communities. Conducted community needs assessments to inform and develop targeted program interventions.

Worked full-time as a theatre maker for nine years, performing in more than 30 theatrical productions, writing scripts for over 15 plays, and directing more than 10 productions. Trained and facilitated 20+ groups of children and young people, and led multiple artistic and community-based projects.

Recipient of the Best Environmental Play award three times. Trained student theatre groups in three public and private schools in Ramallah.

Designed and taught two modules: Structuring Educational Drama Work and Drama in Education.

Pursuing a Master of Arts in Israeli Studies, ongoing since September 2024.

Completed a Diploma in Leading Remote Teams, an online training program for Swedish Institute alumni on leading remote teams with a human-centered, value-based leadership approach.

Completed a Diploma in Young Leaders Visitors Programme, an intercultural leadership programme for young leaders from the MENA region and Sweden.

Grade: Upper Second Class

Completed a Bachelor of Arts with Single Honors in Drama, with a thesis on Palestinian Cinema in the 21st Century, achieving Upper Second Class.

Grade: 2.78/4

Completed the first year of a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a GPA of 2.78/4.

Grade: 89.4/100

Completed Tawjihi (High School) in the Scientific Stream with a score of 89.4/100.