/SPEAKING
Ahmed has delivered speeches and conducted workshops across the world highlighting the importance of empowering youth through art and storytelling.
He has addressed he United Nations on more than ten occasions, and has shared his story and work with audiences spanning universities, governments, and international forums. In 2017, Ahmed gave his first TEDx talk at TEDxTeen in New York, entitled "From the Bomb That Visited My Home"
By Jerm Cohen
Selected Engagements
World Bank Group (Connect4Climate): #Youth4Climate Live Series Launch Event, 2020
World Bank Group (Connect4Climate): An Interview with UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayke, 2020
Christie’s New York: Educate Exhibition, Speaker & Featured Artist, New York, NY, 2020
Mississippi State University: Workshop and Public Lecture, Speaker, Starkville, MS, 2019
International Chamber of Commerce x UNICEF: Intergenerational Dialogue on Business and Climate Action, Speaker, New York, NY, 2019
USA for UNHCR: Film Screening and Performance, Speaker, San Francisco, California, 2019
The Metropolitan Museum of Art x Narratio, Intertwined Journeys: Poems by the Narratio Fellows, Host, New York, NY, 2019
Yale University MacMillan Center: Summer Institute for Teachers, Keynote Speaker, New Haven, CT, 2019
WNYC x UNHCR: A Night of Refugee Storytelling, Speaker, New York, NY, 2019
WeWork x UNHCR: Refugee Creator Festival, Speaker & Host, New York, NY, 2019
The Luminos Fund: Art and Storytelling Reception, Keynote Speaker, New York, NY, 2019
Women Deliver: Does Humanitarian Aid Need a Feminist Facelift?, Speaker, New York, NY, 2019
Syracuse University: Nonfiction Reading Series, Keynote Speaker, Syracuse, NY, 2019
Harvard University: Dean’s Leadership Forum, Speaker, Cambridge, MA, 2018
OECD: Global Forum on Development, Panelist, Paris, France, 2018
New York University (NYU) Wagner School of Public Service: A Night of Refugee Voices, Keynote Speaker, New York, NY, 2018
Yale University: Yale Arab Conference, Panelist, New Haven, CT, 2018
TEDxTeen: From The Bomb That Visited My Home, Speaker, New York, NY, 2017
SAP: We The Future Summit, Keynote Speaker, Boston, MA, 2017
We Are Family Foundation: Gala, Keynote Speaker, New York, NY, 2017
United Nations
· International Labour Organization (ILO): Decent Jobs for Youth Conference, Speaker, Rome, Italy, 2019
· International Labour Organization (ILO): Youth Employment Funders Group Annual Meeting, Panelist, Rome, Italy, 2019
· Office of the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth (OSGEY): High Level Breakfast “Youth and the Future of Work", Moderator, New York, NY, 2019
· UN Migration Agency (IOM) x UNICEF: International Migrants Day, Speaker & Panelist, New York, NY, 2018
· UN Migration Agency (IOM): Global Migration Film Festival, Speaker & Panelist, Washington, DC, 2018
· UN Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA): Global Engagement Summit, Panelist, New York, NY, 2018
· UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) & UN Migration Agency (IOM): Plural+ Youth Film Festival, Host, New York, NY, 2017
· UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR): World Refugee Day Reception, Speaker, New York, NY, 2017
· UN Migration Agency (IOM): Global Migration Film Festival, Speaker & Panelist, Washington, DC, 2017
· UN Department of Economic & Social Affairs (UNDESA): International Youth Day, Moderator, New York, NY, 2017
· UN Department of Information (DPI): Intergenerational Dialogues on the SDGs, Keynote Speaker, New York, NY, 2017
· UN & IBREA Foundation: Youth Resilience, Keynote Speaker, New York, NY, 2017
