Rabab Haj Yahya

Rabab Haj Yahya 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 Sundance. Her credits include the Critics' Choice Award–nominated “Speed Sisters” (Netflix), “The Feeling of Being Watched” (POV), which Variety called "a real-world conspiracy thriller," the Oscar-shortlisted “How We Get Free” (HBO), the Emmy-nominated “Another Body, The Legend of the Underground” (HBO), and the Emmy-nominated “Apart” (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.