Surbhi Dewan was a film student at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, when she met Mara Ahmed, who was taking a part-time course at the university, in 2008. They...

Three filmmakers have turned to film lovers for funds to complete their project. Here’s why. Surbhi Dewan and Mara Ahmed The film: Partition Stories documents the memories of families torn...

Partition Stories, a feature-length documentary, has been shot in three different countries, on two continents. Professor Vazira Zamindar calls the Partition the "wound within, the mother of many millions of...

Nearly seven years since two students – one from India the other from Pakistan – forged a friendship at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and began discussing, among...

'Partition Stories' is a documentary co‐produced by filmmakers Mara Ahmed and Surbhi Dewan. Both are descendants of families torn apart by the Partition ‐ one ended up in India, the...

'Partition Stories', an Indo-Pakistani documentary project is raising funds for post-production on crowdfunding platform indiegogo. Co-producer Surbhi Dewan writes why the film should be supported. I was a grad student...

Media in Pakistan have changed dramatically. This film explores public opinions about the news. Pakistan One on One, airing Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 10:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV, is trying...

Filmmaker and Pittsford resident Mara Ahmed has always been fascinated with the differences between people, but never in the divisive sense. Instead, through her filmmaking, she has been working actively...

For her first documentary, The Muslims I Know, Mara Ahmed asked a simple question amid the confusion and fear of post-9/11 life: Where are the moderate Muslims? Her exploration helped...