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Filmmaker Mara Ahmed sits with 1370 Connection host Bob Smith to talk about her new documentary film "Pakistan One on One." Please listen to that discussion on WXXI Radio above.
Rochester filmmaker Mara Ahmed enlightened filmgoers two years ago with PBS and film festival screenings of The Muslims I Know, a documentary that strove to broaden the images of Muslims...
In an attempt to educate the community about different cultures and debunk some of the misrepresentations of Islam, Mara Ahmed, producer/director will be speaking at an event called “The Muslims...
Take a journey into the much talked about but little known American community in Mara Ahmed’s personal documentary that focuses on the Pakistani American community in Rochester. Immediately following the...
Students who gathered in Clemens Hall Wednesday evening were offered a rare look into an often misunderstood person in the community: the American Muslim. The UB Intercultural and Diversity Center,...
Claim to fame: Pakistani-born Mara Ahmed wrote, directed, edited and financed a 54-minute documentary, The Muslims I Know. Other iterations: Pittsford artist, homemaker, former economics analyst, wife to physician Aitezaz...
Occupation: Filmmaker (producer, director, writer), artist and senior financial analyst (in my past life). Community activities: Member of Rochester Against War, Women in Film and Television Rochester and interested in...
Let's celebrate two movies by local filmmakers that are tackling important topics too often ignored elsewhere. Each film spotlights an underappreciated and misunderstood segment of our society: The Muslims I...