I’m an Egyptian immigrant. My wife is from Iran. I’m not Quaker, in fact I was raised Muslim. But I see no difference. Both include a lot of inclusivity and universality. When you believe that truth is inside, there is commonality between all peoples.
I started the film program at the Carolina Friends School and helped to create the Film for World Peace organization and festival to transform conflict into discovery.
I’m leading a student group but I feel like I’m the student—I’m learning so much at Spring Lobby Weekend.The change I’m here for is not a change in the country, but a change in the students.
Ahmed lives in Raleigh, North Carolina and works at the Carolina Friends School in Durham, North Carolina. Ahmed attended Spring Lobby Weekend for the first time in March, 2018.