Suad Bushnaq

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| birth_place = Amman, Jordan

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| years_active = 2013–present

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Suad Lakišić Bushnaq is a Jordanian-Canadian film and concert composer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03d492r|title=Suad Bushnaq: 'music is an act of resistance' in Syria| website=bbc.co.uk|date=January 2016 |access-date=2018-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://womenintheworld.com/2015/11/30/arab-composer-recalls-a-syria-unlike-the-one-you-see-on-the-news/|title=Arab composer recalls a Syria unlike the one you see on the news|website=womenintheworld.com|access-date=2018-09-10}} She is best known for her work on Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough, Yunan, Flight 404, Hobal, Hanging Gardens, Crashing Eid, Hotel Beyrouth, Al Munataf (The Curve), Twice Upon a Time and Tight Spot.{{Cite web|url=https://dubaifilmfest.com/en/films/28149/the_curve.html|title=Al Munataf (The Curve)| website=dubaifilmfest.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/filmfestival/archive/2016/films/twice-upon-a-time|title=Twice Upon a Time (Kan Ya Ma Kan Marratayn...)| website=dohafilminstitute.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.swissfilms.ch/en/film_search/filmdetails/-/id_film/2147112522|title=TIGHT SPOT| website=swissfilms.ch|access-date=2018-09-10}}

Early life

Suad was born and raised in Amman, Jordan, to a Syrian mother and a Bosnian-Palestinian father. She studied music at the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus, Syria, and later earned a scholarship to study music composition at McGill University, where she earned a bachelor's in music composition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/11/composer-suad-bushnaq-syrian-refugees-damascus-higher-institute-music/|title=This Composer Wants You to Know Who Syrian Refugees Really Are| website=motherjones.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aquila-style.com/focus-points/mightymuslimah/composing-blood-2/90930/|title="Composing is in my blood"| website=aquila-style.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}

Career

Suad is a member of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada and the Alliance for Women Film Composers. In 2018 she was selected as one of six composers from across Canada to participate in the Slaight Music Residency at the Canadian Film Centre.{{Cite web|url=http://screencomposers.ca/have-a-look-scgc-member-suad-lakisic-bushnaq-recently-had-her-piece-ghadan-performed-by-the-syrian-expat-philharmonic-orchestra/|title=HAVE A LOOK – SCGC MEMBER SUAD LAKIŠIC BUSHNAQ RECENTLY HAD HER PIECE "GHADAN" PERFORMED BY THE SYRIAN EXPAT PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA| website=screencomposers.ca|date=6 January 2017 |access-date=2018-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://uncw.edu/wsrc/SuadBushnaqlectureflyer.pdf|title=Between Film and Concert Music: The Journey of an Arab Woman Composer| website=uncw.edu|access-date=2018-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://cfccreates.com/residents/509|title=SUAD BUSHNAQ| website=cfccreates.com|access-date=2018-09-10}} Suad won a Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Original Score at the Global Music Awards for her piece The Road to Jenin. That same piece is nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Awards in the world music category.{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalmusicawards.com/index.html|title=Global Music Awards: Current Winners| website=globalmusicawards.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmmawards.com/2018-music-genre-nominees/|title=2018 HMMA Music Genre Nominations| website=hmmawards.com|access-date=2018-09-10}} she was nominated for the 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Best Original Score.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmmawards.com/2019-music-in-visual-media-nominations/|title=2019 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINATIONS| website=hmmawards.com|access-date=2020-03-04}}

She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for her work on the film Jasmine Road.Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ET Canada, February 15, 2022.