Mia Khalifa was born in Beirut, Lebanon and moved with her family to the United States in 2000. She moved to Montgomery County, Maryland as a teenager and attended Northwest High School. A few years later she graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Mia Khalifa entered the professional pornographic film industry in October 2014. She came to widespread attention after the release of a scene from BangBros in which she wears a hijab during a threesome with Sean Lawless and Julianna Vega. The scene brought Khalifa instant popularity, as well as criticism from writers and religious figures. The effort to censor her only made her more ubiquitous. With more than 1.5 million views, the then 22-year-old Khalifa became the most searched-for performer on the adult video sharing website Pornhub. On December 28 that year, Pornhub revealed that she was the No. 1 ranked performer on their website. Even after so many years, She is still one of the most searched pornstar on Internet.