Nohaila is a director and screenwriter with a background in documentary filmmaking. She studied film, with a keen interest in sociology, at the Liberal Arts and Sciences University College in Amsterdam. Her debut short film, Emotional Girl, was selected for the Debut Competition at the Nederlands Film Festival in 2022 and screened at international film festivals. Currently, her second short film Hshouma, received funding from the NL Film Fonds, and is in pre-production, while she is simultaneously working on her third short film and writing her first theatre play.

Nohaila’s diverse body of work spans short fiction films, non-fiction for television, and commercials, reflecting her versatility as a filmmaker. Her notable contributions include working on Sunny Bergman’s Man Made, the BNN/Vara TV series Teenage Boss, and Abortus is geen Misdaad, which was selected for the prestigious Televizier-Ring Impact Award in 2023. These projects tackle urgent societal issues, a driving force in Nohaila’s storytelling.