Lily Ekimian Ragheb & Ahmed T. Ragheb

Ahmed T. Ragheb & Lily Ekimian Ragheb are a married experimental filmmaking duo based in Pittsburgh, PA. Lily (American, Russian and Armenian) grew up between Washington, D.C., and Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed (Egyptian, Dutch and American) was born and raised in Cairo. Their films emphasize identity, feminism, cultural dislocation and domestic relationships, and are noted for their use of voiceover and mixed media. Their work has screened at world-renowned and Oscar-qualifying festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam (Tiger Short Competition), Cairo International Film Festival, Uppsala Short Film Festival (Nominated, Ingmar Bergman Award) and Athens Int’l Film + Video Festival, as well as the Arab American National Museum and the Mattress Factory Contemporary Art Museum. They have received artist residencies at the Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center (Buffalo, NY, Summer 2024) and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE, Fall 2025), and were awarded the Gift to America 2.0 Artist Commission (Millvale, PA, 2025-26) by the Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka. Together they founded the independent production company Studio Ragheb.