Mona was born in Cairo, Egypt and after graduating from NYU she started her career at MTV News Unfiltered.
Mona Eldaief works as a director, director of photography and editor on documentary film and television projects around the world. Her documentary credits include Control Room (with Jehane Noujaim), A Wedding in Ramallah, Her Name is Zelda and Solar Mama (2012, Jordan/USA, 75', codirected with Jehane Noujaim).
Television credits include programs for Frontline World, Discovery Channel, ABC News, and MTV News and Docs. Mona also implemented a video diary exchange program between Israelis and Palestinians, which allowed young people in Israel and the West Bank to create video diaries that were then shared to initiate an ongoing dialogue about the conflict. She continued documenting global stories through video exchange for the international film event Pangea Day. For this live broadcast, Mona sent camera phones to NGOs and UNHCR refugee camps around the world and produced and edited their first-person film narratives.