Sondo Shabayek is a writer and theatre director. She is the director of The BuSSy project (a performing arts project that documents gender based stories and presents them on stage) and is also the founder and director of Tahrir Monologues (Stories from Egypt's Revolution). She wrote and directed award winning Girl, a short film about harassment in Cairo; I am not my veil, a short self portrait video about the conflicting reactions of the Egyptian society towards the veil; and Oh fear, a short self portrait video about inner fears. Prior to her work in theatre and film, Shabayek studied Mass Communication and Broadcasting and she worked for more than six years as journalist and editor. Her journalistic work focused on exploring, exposing and discussing social taboos in Egyptian society.