CAA's Maha Dakhil Steps Down From Leadership Role After Israel-Hamas Remarks

After apologizing for remarks made following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, CAA’s co-chief of the motion pictures department Maha Dakhil is stepping away from her leadership role in the division. Additionally she’s resigning from the Century City-based firm’s internal agency board. Dakhil, whose clients include Tom Cruise, Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon, Anne Hathaway and more, came under scrutiny for an Instagram post that had been highly critical of Israel and referenced “genocide.” That post was later deleted and the agent apologized for the remarks. “I made a mistake with a repost in my Instagram story, which used hurtful language,” Dakhil wrote in an Oct. 19 statement. “Like so many of us, I have been reeling with heartbreak. I pride myself on being on the side of humanity and peace. I’m so grateful to Jewish friends and colleagues who pointed out the implications and further educated me. I immediately took the repost down. I’m sorry for the pain I have caused.” As word of the post reverberated across town, attention turned to what action, if any, that the Bryan Lourd-run major agency — which was subject to multiple headlines about the comments — would take in response. While Dakhil will
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