Earned Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Journalism from Marymount
College (Tarrytown, NY) in 1994.
Earned Master of Arts degree in Creative Writing from New York
University (New York, NY) in 1997.
The screenplay for Ahmed's debut feature film "Raisins Not Virgins" was one of the 37 projects selected by the Tribeca Film Institute for their annual Tribeca All Access program (April 21-26, 2008).