Youth empowerment through creativity
Ahmed is a writer, multi-media artist, social entrepreneur and former Iraqi refugee working at the intersection of creativity, displacement, and youth empowerment. He is the founder of Narratio, a platform for youth empowerment through creative expression that publishes works of art from all over the globe and hosts workshops centered around the power of storytelling and creativity. As a poet, podcast host, educator, and youth advocate, Ahmed’s storytelling initiatives have reached over 20 million people across the world.
As a Connect4Climate Youth Ambassador he co-moderated the #Youth4ClimateLive Series and his work has been featured and supported by the UN, SAP, OECD, BuzzFeed Tasty, TEDxTeen, Instagram, NPR, Global Citizen, and others. He is currently an Ed.M. Candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a 2020-21 National Geographic Young Explorer, and serves as one of 17 UN Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals in the Office of the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth. His debut book, While the Earth Sleeps We Travel, came out in 2020.