Mustafa Staiti was born in 1986 in Tulkarm, Palestine and spent his early childhood in Jenin Refugee Camp. When he was 4 years old his mother met and became good friends with Arna Merr Khamis, a Jewish Israeli woman who was struggling for the freedom of the Palestinian people with her group “Women in black”. Together with other women of Jenin city and the camp they founded “Children Homes” a project that they eventually received the alternative Nobel prize for. Later in 1991 they built the Stone Theatre, which was destroyed in 2002 by the Israeli occupation. Arna’s son, Juliano, returned to Jenin in 2006 to continue his mother’s legacy and found a new theatre in the city; The Freedom Theatre. Mustafa became closely involved in the foundation of the theatre and its activities. He spent seven years at The Freedom Theatre as a filmmaking student, photography trainer and multimedia coordinator. Through the Freedom Theatre Mustafa had great opportunities to work, study and travel all over the world. Following various filmmaking and theatre courses in established institutions including the New York film academy, and the Goethe institute in Germany among others. Things took a turn in 2011 when Juliano was assassinated in front of the Freedom Theatre. Soon after Mustafa left the Freedom Theatre to go his own way. After working for several series for Palestine and Jordan TV and Cinema Jenin and other projects he co-founded the Fragments Theatre in Jenin in 2016. The theatre started a comedy club and organized film studio and activities for the talented youth of Jenin. 

The Fragments Theatre brought Mustafa to India thereafter he decided in 2019 to leave for a solo trip to India and study ‘Trauma healing’ through meditation and yoga. There he met his now-wife and starting a family brought him to the Netherlands. 
At the moment Mustafa is the artistic director and founder of “The Free Dream collective” a group of artists, healers and social workers, organize events and workshops to empower artists who found refuge in the Netherlands and are learning to realize dreams again.