She was educated in Iraq, the United States., Britain and can speak English, Arabic, French and Italian. She studied Philosophy at University College London (Bachelor Honours) and Film at the Slade School of Art under Thorold Dickinson where visiting lecturers included Jean Renoir and Gillo Pontecorvo.
She has made documentaries in Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. Aside from making films, Maysoon has also taught film directing and editing in Britain, Iraq and Palestine (in Jerusalem, Gaza and at Birzeit University). She now lives in Britain where she co-founded Acting Together: Women Against Sanctions and War on Iraq, a group of United Kingdom-based Iraqi and non-Iraqi women formed in 2000 to campaign against the economic sanctions on Iraq.
They also campaigned against the invasion of Iraq.
Now the groups focus is on the occupation and the support of independent grassroots women's initiatives in Iraq. She has also written articles on her work in Iraq and Palestine for the New Statesman and The Guardian amongst other publications.
She is the daughter of Iraqi politician Adnan Pachachi.
