Soleil joined AFAC as a Grants manager in 2017; she has managed both AFAC film programs, Documentary and Cinema, and the Music Program since then. Before joining AFAC, from 2014 to 2016, Soleil lived in Cairo, Egypt, for three years, where she became heavily involved in the local independent music scene working with the Cairo Jazz Club Agency (CJC Agency). From 2008 until 2014, she worked as Catalog Manager and Book Buyer at CIEL, a book distribution company. Soleil focused on promoting literature in Lebanon and at regional and international book fairs. Through her role with AFAC, Soleil sat on different film funding panels and pitching forums in the region and abroad.
soleil.gharbieh@arabculturefund.org