Maysaa Almumin, Kuwaiti, is currently living and working as an Assistant Professor in design in Qatar. She grew up in London where she was trained and practiced in architecture after which she moved to Kuwait and then Qatar where she started, acting and scriptwriting and eventually filmmaking. She has had acting training with directors/ filmmakers/academics Scandar Copti and Daniel Suissa and has been involved in film projects in Kuwait, Italy, Qatar and Egypt.
In 2021, Maysaa was named as Arab Star of Tomorrow by Screen International and her short film Bint Werdan is currently screening on Netflix Middle East.