After living in Iran and Lebanon for most of her life, Sabine moved to Canada in 1987. She graduated from Stanislas High School, and got a B.A. in Communications Studies from Montreal's Concordia University in 1993. Sabine wrote and directed three short 16mm films before moving to Los Angeles in 1994. Since then she has edited a number of feature films such as the award winning Palestinian feature film THE OLIVE HARVEST. Currently, Sabine finished her first feature and writes another screenplay entitled MATERNIDAD.