Sanaa Hamri’s Biography, Net Worth, Fact, Career, Awards and Life Story
Hamri was born in Tangier, Morocco, to Moroccan Muslim father, painter and author Mohammed Hamri, who came from the town of Jajouka, and a Jewish American mother of Russian descent who was a teacher, Blanche “Blanca” Hamri. Hamri’s parents were part of the creative community in Morocco made up of ex-pats like Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Timothy Leary, Ted Morgan and Tennessee Williams. Her mother was the long-time secretary to Joseph A. McPhillips III, the headmaster of American School of Tangier, and later in charge of Bowles’ estate.
Hamri attended the American School of Tangier, where her mother worked. The school was not gender balanced, and at one point, Hamri was the sole female student at her high school and was the only girl on the soccer team. Hamri won a scholarship in 1992 to attend Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. In college she studied theatre arts. Hamri spent her junior year of college in Paris, and in 1996 graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.
