Mohammed Dabani was born in Morocco and grew up in the UK. He studied media and television at London College and took a degree in filmmaking at Goldsmiths College. In 2002 he taught filmmaking to young people at Youth Culture Television (YCTV), and in 2007 he worked at BBC Wales in Cardiff as an assistant producer in digital platforms. He currently lives in Brussels, where he has directed several short films and documentaries, including "Fatima, une vie de militante" in 2022, "Home" in 2020, "Salima" in 2018, "Lost" in 2016, and "Storyteller" in 2015.