Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

• The Heschel-King Award for Interfaith Activism from the Park Avenue Christian Church  and the Temple of Universal Judaism in New York City
• Centennial Honorary Chair of the Washington National Cathedral Centennial Celebration (along with Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor)
• Inaugural Purpose Prize winner, with Judea Pearl. The Purpose Prize is a major new initiative to invest in Americans over 60 who are leading a new age of social innovation
• Star of Excellence, one of Pakistan’s highest honors
• First Annual Bridge Builders Award from the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington
• Humanitarian Award, the highest honor of the Chapel of Four Chaplains Professor of the Year Award, 2004 for Washington DC by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education
• Gandhi Center Fellowship of Peace Award
• Appointed Senior Distinguished Fellow for the Hassan Family Foundation  

Media Appearances

Dr. Ahmed is often interviewed on CNN, CBC, the BBC, ARY TV and has appeared several times on “Oprah” and “Nightline.” He presented and narrated "Living Islam," the six-part BBC television series, in 1993 and "The Glories of Islamic Art," the three-part television series for Channel 5, UK, broadcast in 2006.

You can view some of his recent interviews below:

• Ambassador Ahmed on CNN's “GPS” with Fareed Zakaria, January 4, 2009
• Ambassador Ahmed on PBS's Tavis Smiley
• Ambassador Ahmed on PBS's “This is America” with Dennis Wholey
• Ambassador Ahmed on CSPAN’s "Q&A"
• Ambassador Ahmed on NPR’s “Fresh Air”

Multimedia

• "Jinnah," (executive producer, co-writer)
• "Noor," (playwright)
• "The Trial of Dara Shikoh" (playwright)
• "Waziristan to Washington", (writer, performer)

Congressional Testimony

• Congressional hearing to discuss U.S. policy towards Iran (December 2007)

Selected Publications

•  “A Muslim’s Voyage of Dicovery: Muslims in America.” February 9, 2009. CNN feature story on his project “Journey into America”
• Interviewed. “Obama's entreaty to Islam surprises Muslims.” San Francisco Chronicle. April 7, 2009
• Interviewed. “Aloha Akbar.” Honolulu Weekly December 3, 2008.
• "With Obama at the World's ‘Most Dangerous Place.’” Huffington Post.com March 28, 2009
• Interviewed by Beliefnet on interfaith dialogue—“Pushing Past Terror to Understanding.”
• “Bush Still Doesn’t Get It.” Washington Post Outlook July 22, 2007.
• Journey into Islam Book of the Week Review, The Guardian.
• "America Must Stay Focused on Pakistan.” Forward.com, December 5, 2007.
• “What's fundamentalist about wanting to live in dignity?” The Independent, July 19, 2007.
• “Talking Can Stop Hate.” AARP Magazine. May & April, 2007.
• “Uniting Over Jesus Christ.” (With Alan Hertzke.) The Washington Times, December 11, 2006.

Films/Documentaries

• "The Glories of Islamic Art" [narrator, Channel 5 (UK)], 2006
• "Living Islam" [narrator] BBC, 1993

Recordings

• “Encountering Islam” (lecturer, NowYouKnow Media), 2006

Exhibitions/Performances

Ambassador Ahmed initiated, developed and completed "The Jinnah Quartet" - a feature film, a documentary and two books on M.A. Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. He wrote and produced two plays, “The Trial of Dara Shikoh” and “Noor.” His most recent play premiered at the DCJCC’s Theatre J—“From Waziristan to Washington: A Muslim at the Crossroads.”