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  "ar": "مقالة ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية عن هيفاء المنصور؛ تُستخدم لوقائع الكيان فقط. توثّق ولادتها في الزلفي سنة 1974 ونشأتها في الأحساء ودراستها في القاهرة وسيدني وفيلم «وجدة» وتلقّيها انتقادات بأنها غير متدينة تنفيها.",
  "en": "English Wikipedia article on Haifaa al-Mansour; used for entity facts only. It records her birth in Al Zulfi in 1974, her upbringing in Al-Hasa, her studies in Cairo and Sydney, the film Wadjda, and the criticism that she was unreligious, which she denies."
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  "title": "Haifaa al-Mansour",
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  "reliability_note": "Pointer for entity facts only (Wikipedia broad rule, AGENTS.md): a fact is used only where the article cites a source for it. Read in full on 25 October 2026. Covers: birth 10 August 1974 in Al Zulfi; eighth of twelve children of the poet and lawyer Abdul Rahman Mansour; upbringing in Al-Hasa in a liberal, non-traditional family; comparative literature at the American University in Cairo and a master's in film studies at the University of Sydney; the shorts Who?, The Bitter Journey and The Only Way Out; the documentary Women Without Shadows (2005); Wadjda (2012), the first feature shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, directed from a van under gender segregation, backed by Rotana, and Saudi Arabia's first Oscar submission; Mary Shelley (2017), Nappily Ever After (2018) and The Perfect Candidate (2019); her seat on the 2015 Cannes Un Certain Regard jury and the 2019 Davos Crystal Award; the hate mail and criticism for being unreligious, which she denies; and her life in California with her husband Bradley Niemann and two children. It names no school or affiliation for her personally.",
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