Co-founder and member of the Board of Trustees of the Asfari Foundation since 2006, United Kingdom.

She is a founding partner and member of the Board of Trustees of the Galilee Foundation, founder, owner and director of Cocoon Films, formerly known as Cactus World Films, and a partner in Louverture Films since 2019. She is also the co-chair of the Executive Committee of the International Council of the USMEP project and a member of the Advisory Board of the Challenge To Change organization.

She co-founded the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut, and served on the board of directors of the Campaign for Syria, the Cooperation Foundation in Palestine, and the Hanoun Organization in the United Kingdom between 2003 and 2011.

She produced a number of films, including: "The Professor" in 2023, "Freedom of Tomorrow" in 2022, "Duty" in 2017, "Queens of Syria" in 2014, "When I Saw You" in 2012, and "Salt of This Sea" in 2008.

She was selected as part of the "101 Most Influential Figures in Arab Cinema" list for 2024 by the "Arab Cinema Center".

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and English Literature from the University of Richmond in the United States of America (1983), and a diploma in Journalism.

Sawsan was born to a Palestinian mother and a Lebanese father, and she is married to businessman Ayman Asfari.