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Greta Ghacibeh, also Greta Ghassibe (Arabic: غريتا غصيبه), also Greta Hughes, is a Lebanese American screenwriter, TV host and TV producer. She has been living in the Washington DC area since 2003 when she immigrated with her two children to the US. From 2003 to 2010, she worked as radio producer with Voice of America (راديو سوا) https://www.radiosawa.com/, and TV producer with the Middle East Broadcasting Network (Alhurra TV, الحرة) https://www.alhurra.com/ , a US Congress funded non-profit Arabic-Speaking TV that was created in 2004 to address the Arabic-speaking population that was increasingly weary of US Middle East policies, especially after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Before immigrating to the US, Greta wrote and produced her first Chansonnier theater play in 1996, titled "Croque Monsieur", which consisted on five young women performing comedy sketches parodying Lebanese men. She also acted in this play.

In 1997, she loosely adapted French TV show Frou-Frou, hosted and produced it, and titled it: Al-Layleh-Layltak (Translation: Tonight is your night) (الليلة ليلتك). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaXKQ7p672w. The show was a TV extension of the Theatre play, and consisted of a Talk-Show with four women interviewing a male celebrity from all walks of life, generally in a light mood, focusing more on the guest's personal life than his career.

In 2000, she went back to theatre and wrote/produced a new play titled "Mou'a Mara (Translation: Women conspiracy) (مؤامرا), which consisted of four female actresses and one male actor, in which all angles of women's rights were addressed in a light and comic style.

Simultaneously during those years, Greta was focusing on launching her screenwriting career. She wrote and sold multiple TV series to different Lebanese television stations, but none of them was ever produced.

After immigrating to the US, she continued writing screenplays in English, and was represented by a management company in California for five years. She has multiple completed screenplay that have not yet been optioned.

She also continued writing screenplays in Arabic, https://www.lebanonfiles.com/news/643646/. In 2014, her first TV drama titled Wled el Balad (Translation: The country's kids) ( ولاد البلد ) https://elcinema.com/work/2029079/#:~:text=%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%20(2014)%20Welad%20Al%20Balad&text=%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%20%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%20%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%20%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%87%20%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84,%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%84%D8%8C%20%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84... was finally optioned and produced by Online Production, and aired on Prime Time on LBCI. It starred Lebanese stars Nadine Elrassi, Fadi Ibrahim, Peter Semaan, and was directed by Samir Habshi.

Then again in 2017, her second TV drama series was also produced by Online Production, titled Mahroumeen (Translation: Deprived) ( محرومين) https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4052896/ and aired on Prime Time on MTV Lebanon. It was directed by Syrian director Wael Bou Shaar, and starred Lebanese stars Toni Issa and Joey Khoury.

https://elcinema.com/person/1033146/

During her time with Alhurra TV in Springfield VA, Greta created, developed and produced 6 prime time shows, live and live-to-air, Political Talk-shows, Documentaries, and Reality TV. From Pre-to-Post production to air. She resigned in 2010, and flew back to Lebanon to launch and produce a new show on Lebanese TV MTV, titled "Beirut Today". In 2011, she took a job with an American non-profit NGO called "America Abroad Media" as Office director and Executive producer of a Tunisia grant to produce a series of townhalls. She lived and worked in Tunisia for two years. In 2013 she continued her work with AAM our of DC, until 2014.

After 2014, being fluent in Arabic and French, and building on her second skill beside her media background, she moved to work in a more low key line of work, and worked as translator with the embassy of Oman for five years (2017-2022), after which she continues to freelance as translator for multiple companies.

Greta was first married to a Lebanese man in 1987, then divorced in 1994. She has two children from that marriage, a girl, Bruna, and a boy, Tarek. In 2018, she married again in Montgomery county, Maryland, to an American man called Matthew Hughes, with whom she lives today in Maryland.

'''Filmography:  Produced in Lebanon: ''' WLED EL BALAD (Children of the country) MAHRUMEEN (The Deprived).

'''Completed screenplays in the US: '''NOT QUITE ARAB                 : Ethnic Rom-Com. MY HEAVEN                      : Otherworldly/Drama. STAR                           : Drama. JAZZ                           : Drama. GUNS AND VINE                  : Period Drama. THERE’S MORE TO VEGAS          : Rom-Com.