Name: Shiraz Ahmed

Recipient Year: 2022|2021|2023

Major: MFA in Experimental Documentary Arts

Description: Shiraz Ahmed, Director and Producer, is a visual artist and award winning journalist based in Detroit. He is a Kartemquin Diverse Voices in Docs fellow (2019), New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist fellow (2019) and a Documenting Detroit fellow (2018). His work has been published by 101.9 WDET, Detroit’s NPR Station, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism and Texas Monthly. He is a candidate for an MFA in experimental and documentary arts at Duke University.

School Name: Duke University

Sponsor: Kosar and Javed Mohammed Film Scholarship|ISF|ISF Film Grant

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiraz-ahmed-41405623/