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Rabab Haj Yahya

Rhinebeck, New York, United States
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Rabab is a Palestinian documentary editor based in New York. Most recently, she edited the Oscar-shortlisted Coexistence, My Ass!, which won multiple awards, including the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival.


Her editing credits include the Critics Choice Award–nominated Speed Sisters (Netflix), The Feeling of Being Watched (POV), which Variety described as “a real-world conspiracy thriller”, the Oscar-shortlisted How We Get Free (HBO), and the Emmy-nominated Another Body. Additional credits include The Legend of the Underground (HBO) and the Emmy-nominated (PBS).


Rabab has served as an editing advisor at the Sundance Institute Documentary Edit and Story Lab and as a mentor for Chicken & Egg Films and the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.