Mashael Alqahtani is a Saudi Arabian, Muslim writer based between Los Angeles and Saudi Arabia. Her work often depicts women confronting their stunted adolescence, their innermost desires, and the horrifying perils of being a grown-up—she writes what she knows.

Mashael earned a BA in Film Production from Emerson College, an MFA in Writing for Screen & Television from USC, and another MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute. Feel free to ask her why she literally can’t stop going to school. Mashael’s romantic comedy, The Wedding, was a top 10 finalist in the Script Pipeline Screenwriting competition. Her 1-hour dramedy pilot, Shabab, was a quarterfinalist in the 2019 Austin Film Festival.

Mashael spends her free time baking, doom-scrolling, and spinning basketballs on her fingertips.

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