Mirna Khayat

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Mirna Khayat is a Lebanese music video director. Khayat has worked with names like Amal Hijazi, Pascale Machaalani, George Wassouf, Mayssam Nahas and Nancy Ajram. Khayat's breakthrough came in 2003 when she was chosen to work with Amal Hijazi for Hijazi's music video "Romansyia", which showed Hijazi has a young star who had fallen in love. Mirna went to direct Hijazi's other music videos such as "Bedawwar A Albi" and "Mistanie Eiy" which also gained favourable reviews. Mirna Khayat returned to the music scene in 2005 with Amal Hijazi's "Baad Sneene" which received lukewarm reviews and later "Baheb Noa Kalamak". Because of the failure of the music video, critics advised Hijazi not to worm with Khayat for future projects. In 2007, Khayat directed Nancy Ajram's Gulf song, "Meshtagel Leh". The video was poorly received by both critics and fans, blaming Khayat for the poor reception that the video got. Despite of the criticism, Mirna has received, she has also directed some hit music videos such as Pascale Machaalani's "Akbar Kedba", "Tghyyart Aaliya", and "Aked A'ley".