Adrienne Shelly Directors Award, Adrienne Shelly Foundation, 2015[14] Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellowship Award, 2014[15] Adrienne Shelley Director's Award for her script NADIA'S HOUSE, 2014 Best Feature for Detroit Unleaded, American Spectrum, Indianapolis International Film Festival, 2013 Audience Award for Detroit Unleaded, Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, 2013[16] Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award, Toronto International Film Festival, 2012[17] Named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film", Filmmaker Magazine, 2011[18]