Kareem Rahma

Kareem Rahma is an Egyptian-American comedian and artist. He is one of the founders of Nameless Network, a media company started by a group of former Vice employees.[1][2] Rahma is a senior advisor to XTR, a community of documentary filmmakers.[3] Previously, he worked at The New York Times, where his title was Growth Editor.[4]

Kareem Rahma
Born
Kareem Ahmed

(1986-07-15) July 15, 1986
Cairo
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities

He has been nominated for three Webby awards including Best Individual Performance[5] alongside Sam Morill and Trevor Noah, Best Longform Comedy,[6] and Best Short Form Comedy[7] alongside Trevor Noah and Ted Lasso.

Early life and education

Rahma was born in Cairo and raised in Minnesota.[1] He received his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and attended the master of business communication program at the University of St. Thomas.

Entertainment and art works

Rahma is known for his comic and creative works. He has served as producer and executive producer for several films, including "Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad," and "Ferguson Rises," both of which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival.[8][9][10]

In 2020, he published a collection of poetry called "We Were Promised Flying Cars," a book of haiku about the future.[11] The book, which has been described as dystopian, was promoted through a series of Cameo appearances by celebrities.[1][12]

In 2020, he developed and produced "The Revolution Will be Televised," a video installation piece about police violence in the wake of George Floyd's murder. The video piece was projected onto the side of the Mill City Museum for several nights in June 2020.[13]

A virally-popular TikTok video mashing up footage of George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, including police pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters, with the song This Is America by Donald Glover.[14][15] This TikTok video has been described as "a key cultural moment" as an element of the protests and Black Lives Matter movement.[16]

Media career

In 2021, he started a podcast company called SomeFriends.

As Growth Editor at the New York Times, Rahma produced the outlet's first vertical video, a profile of Ryder Ripps that was available through Snapchat.[17] After leaving the Times, Rahma (along with Alexandra Serio and Max Nelson) started a Kickstarter project called NYC.TV to bring public access TV online.[18] This project brought short documentary films to The New York Times website in a project called Made With Kickstarter.[19] The effort eventually led to the Nameless Network. Prior to working at the New York Times he was the Director of Marketing at VICE.

Rahma created "Museum of Pizza," a pop-up immersive art exhibition focused on pizza. The exhibition featured work from Adam Green, Signe Pierce, Emma Stern, Hein Koh, and Andrew W.K.[20]

In 2010, he launched SheWearsYourTee.com, a marketing effort wherein Tanaya Henry became a walking billboard.[21]

Awards

In 2019, Ramha was awarded an Above the Fold award from the University of Minnesota's Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The award honors "alumni under the age of 40 who have made exceptional contributions to their fields."[22][23][24]

CairoScene named Rahma one of 18 Egyptians who "made waves" in 2018 for this work.[25]

He has been nominated for three Webby awards.

References
  1. "Egyptian-American artist Kareem Rahma's hard-hitting haiku". Arab News. 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. "This Made-for-Instagram Pizza Museum Actually Has Great Art". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. "About | XTR – BASED ON A TRUE STORY". XTR. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  4. "Preorder Kareem Rahma's Modern Poetry Collection, We Were Promised Flying Cars". The Knockturnal. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  6. "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  7. "Vote for the best of the Internet". vote.webbyawards.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  8. "Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad | 2021 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  9. "Ferguson Rises | 2021 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  10. "Kareem Rahma". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  11. Rahma, Kareem (2019). We were promised flying cars : 100 haiku from the future. Brooklyn, NY. ISBN 1-945711-11-6. OCLC 1120694874.
  12. "In latest book, Kareem Rahma captures what we're all scared of". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  13. Martin, Liv (2020-06-12). "Artist Kareem Rahma projects names and images of black people killed by police onto the side of the Gold Medal building". Sahan Journal. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  14. "TikTok Loosens Grip on Political Speech for Black Lives Matter". Bloomberg.com. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  15. Lorenz, Taylor (2020-08-02). "TikTok Ban? Creators and Fans Are Big Mad". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  16. Galer, Sophia Smith. "How TikTok changed the world in 2020". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  17. Ryder Ripps: Snapchat Tour of "Alone Together" (Produced by Kareem Rahma for The New York Times), retrieved 2021-05-14
  18. Willett-Wei, Megan. "Former employees from 3 media juggernauts have launched a Kickstarter to bring public access TV online". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  19. "Made With Kickstarter – The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  20. Passy, Charles (2018-09-24). "Pizza Museum Aims to Be Upper Crust of Pop-Up Exhibitions". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  21. "SheWearsYourTee.com is part of her body of work". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  22. "2019 Above the Fold Recipients | Hubbard School of Journalism". hsjmc.umn.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  23. "American Public Media Group Careers". apmgcareers.org. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  24. Frethem Gates, Amanda (Summer 2019). "Spring Showcase". Murphy Reporter.
  25. Staff Writer (December 27, 2018). "18 of 2018: The Egyptians Who Made Waves This Year". CairoScene.


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