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...

We all want to make sense of the world. The problem is that we often want to make the world seem simpler than it is. After the 9/11 attacks, it...

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,...