Biography
Born in 1972, in Wadi Khaled, Tripoli, Lebanon, she moved with her parents and six siblings to Kuwait where her father died in 1975. The family returned to Beirut in 1990 during the invasion of Kuwait. Kawthar holds a 2nd grade Lebanese ID and is treated as a 2nd grade citizen.
Her real passion was to study and become a doctor. Unfortunately, she dropped out of school to help her mother at home. In 1999, she married Yasser Issa who, just like her, has not been granted full identification documents. Kawthar has since been struggling to register her two sons, Hussein and Mohamad, officially in order to secure proper access to education, healthcare, and immunization.
Kawthar has worked as a housekeeper, among other low-income jobs, in order to be able to provide for her family. In 2016, Capharnaüm’s casting director found her while she was taking care of her brother’s orphaned children in Wata el Msaytbeh, Beirut.
Wild Bunch Distribution
Actress
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Capernaum |