Co-founder, Riwaya Studios

Stories that help people understand each other

Between cultures, and between institutions, brands and the people they serve.

Ahmad Joumaa
Stories, lectures and projects with
  • AlBahie
  • Blue Salon
  • Cellini Signature
  • Royal Library Denmark
  • Kulturmonitor
  • Dagbladet Information
  • Museum Sønderjylland
  • Sønderborg Municipality
How I can help

Three ways to work together

01

Story production

With Riwaya Studios, the Doha studio I co-founded, I help organisations and brands find the human story in their work and tell it on screen with care and craft.

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02

Writing and cultural advice

Essays published in Kulturmonitor and Dagbladet Information, and practical advice on how ideas, people and messages travel between cultures.

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03

Lectures and talks

Six lectures on culture, identity, Arabic literature and the modern Middle East. Clear, warm and free of jargon, for universities, libraries, workplaces and festivals.

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What people say

In short, we had all become a little wiser.

Elsemarie Dam-Jensen, former Museum Director, Museum Sønderjylland

Although a historical overview might sound dry, Ahmad made it lively and engaging.

Anders Busk, Head of District Libraries, Gentofte Municipality

Ahmad is an excellent communicator who was in high demand for various themed events afterward.

Vibeke Nielsen, Project Manager, Royal Library Denmark
Portrait of Ahmad Joumaa
About Ahmad

Listen first. Then tell it well.

From Danish libraries and lecture halls to humanitarian field work in Gaza, Afghanistan and on the Sudan border, and now a studio in Doha, I have always done the same thing: listen to people first, then tell their story so others understand.

Today I bring that to companies and institutions in Qatar, the Gulf and beyond, as co-founder of Riwaya Studios.

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