Zia Ahmed
CV
Theatre
Writer
An unapologetic response to rising Islamophobia around the world. Part car-meet part-theatre, the show explores how you find peace in a world that tells you who you are.
A tender, funny, lyrical debut play about finding love and holding onto it with everything you've got.
My White Best Friend collects 23 letters that engage with a range of topics, from racial tensions, microaggressions and emotional labour, to queer desire, prejudice and otherness.
Edition 5 of Living Newspaper sets out to dismantle histories – be that personal or political – whilst finding allies in unlikely places.
TV
Writer
An exuberant music comedy following a Muslim female punk band.