Ahmed T. & Lily Ekimian Ragheb

aRTISTS IN RESIDENCE / april 7 — june 16, 2027

Ahmed T. Ragheb & Lily Ekimian Ragheb are a married experimental filmmaking duo based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lily was raised between Washington, D.C. and Cairo, Egypt by an American mother and Russian-Armenian father. Ahmed, half Egyptian-half Dutch, was born and raised in Cairo. Their work explores identity, feminism and cultural dislocation, and they are noted for their use of voiceover and mixed media. Their films have screened at world-renowned festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam (in-competition), Cairo International Film Festival, Uppsala Short Film Festival (Nominated, Ingmar Bergman Award), Alchemy Film + Moving Image Festival, L'Alternativa Barcelona, AIFVF, the Arab American National Museum and the Mattress Factory Contemporary Art Museum. Artist residencies and awards they’ve received include the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, and the Gift to America 2.0 Artist Commission by SPMMMV. Together they founded the independent production company Studio Ragheb.

Learn more about Ahmed and Lily’s work at https://studioragheb.com/

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