Muhi Heib
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| Muhi Heib | |
|---|---|
 Muhi Heib portrait.jpg Heib in 2025 | |
| Native name | محيي هيب |
| Born | October 24, 1995 Shefa-'Amr, Israel |
| 💼 Occupation | Documentary film director, video editor and television creator |
| 📆 Years active | 2015–present |
Muhi Heib (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; born 24 October 1995) is a Palestinian-Israeli documentary filmmaker, editor and television creator from the Arab community in Israel. His work focuses on identity, women’s rights, human rights, social issues and organised crime in Arab society in Israel. His films and investigative work have been broadcast by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation and have generated extensive public and media attention.[1]
Early life and education
Heib was born and raised in Shefa-'Amr in northern Israel.[2] He studied film and television engineering at Tel-Hai Academic College and began his professional career at Topline Communication, directing and editing news broadcasts for Channels 2 and 10 in northern Israel.
Career
Heib has directed and edited dozens of films, true-crime programmes and investigative reports for both Hebrew- and Arabic-language broadcasting, including Kan 11 and Makan 33.[3] He is also a lecturer in video editing at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School preparatory programme in Jerusalem.
Zman Emet investigative reports
Heib is a director and editor on the investigative documentary series Zman Emet ("Hour of Truth") on Kan 11. His reports include:
- Heir to the Authority (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist., Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) – succession politics within the Palestinian Authority.[4]
- Unit Seif (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist., Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) – combating organised crime in Arab communities.
- The Security and Education Apparatus – on Shin Bet involvement in Arab education institutions.
- Without a Safe Shelter (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist., Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) – on lack of civil-defence protection for Arab localities in the “Iron Swords” war.[5]
- Between Nationalism and Equality – on the Druze community’s struggle for equality.
- The Qatari Money (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) – tracing Qatari funding in Arab society.
- Additional investigative reports covering relations between Israel and Arab-language media, and foreign funding.
Built with Blood (2024)
In 2024, Heib directed Built with Blood, a documentary exposing fatal construction-site accidents in Israel and their impact on Arab workers.[6] It has been used in workplace-safety training programmes.
End of a Woman (2025)
In 2025, Heib created and directed the true-crime docuseries End of a Woman (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), reconstructing stories of murdered Arab women through AI voice recreation.[7] The series received major media attention and public debate.[8]
Selected works
- Built with Blood (2024) — Director
- End of a Woman (2025) — Creator & Director
- Aramli & Zinger (2024) — Bilingual studio programme, Director
- The Young Parliament (2022–2023) — Co-creator & Producer
- On the Table (2022) — Director & Editor
- Heir to the Authority — *Zman Emet*
- Unit Seif — *Zman Emet*
- The Security and Education Apparatus — *Zman Emet*
- Without a Safe Shelter — *Zman Emet*
- Between Nationalism and Equality — *Zman Emet*
- The Qatari Money — *Zman Emet*
Awards and nominations
- Nominee — Best Documentary Series (2025), Israeli Documentary Forum Awards (End of a Woman)[9]
References
- ↑ "The series that restores murdered women's voices" (in עברית). Maariv. 9 December 2024.
- ↑ "Interview on Bayt al-'Ayla — Radio Ashams" (in العربية). Radio Ashams.
- ↑ ""Built with Blood" documentary exposes safety failures in construction" (in עברית). Maariv.
- ↑ "Families speak while the creator stays in the shadows" (in עברית). Haaretz. 1 December 2024.
- ↑ "No shelters in Arab communities" (in עברית). Maariv.
- ↑ ""Built with Blood" documentary exposes deadly failures in the construction sector" (in עברית). Maariv.
- ↑ "End of a Woman — Documentary Forum Israel" (in עברית). Documentary Forum Israel.
- ↑ "Families speak while the creator stays in the shadows" (in עברית). Haaretz. 1 December 2024.
- ↑ "Documentary Forum Israel – Nominations" (in עברית).
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