Speaking

Event flyer: Muslim Creatives Summit panel Building Beyond the Gatekeepers, with Idil Ibrahim, Richie Reseda and Najla Zaidi

August 29, 2026
The Muslim Creatives Summit, Los Angeles
Panelist, Building Beyond the Gatekeepers: Distribution, Technology, and the Future of Creative Work

Idil Ibrahim mid-sentence while directing, gesturing with both hands, headphones around her neck

UPCOMING · November 7 & 8, 2026
July 18 & 19, 2026 · Inaugural cohort
The First Frame, Virtual Workshop
Founder and Instructor

Key art for Fankeena Film Fest in Hargeisa, hand-drawn lettering on a bold red, green and yellow pattern, dated September 4 to 12, 2025

September 4 - 12, 2025
Fankeena Film Fest, Hargeisa, Somaliland
Virtual Masterclass

Event flyer: Widening the View of Black Life, a Blackhouse Foundation and Queen Collective panel with Idil Ibrahim, January 2023
Event flyer: Arturo A. Schomburg Celebration and Lecture with Dr. Abdel Kader Haidara, moderated by Idil Ibrahim

November 9, 2019
Bronx Documentary Center, New York
Instructor, Empowered Storytelling: From Idea to Execution

November 15, 2019
The Best of BlackStar Film Festival at Colgate University
Panelist, post-screening discussion

Event graphic: The Best of BlackStar at Colgate University
Idil Ibrahim in the Arise America studio for a televised interview

2017
Arise America, New York
Interview

Panel on stage at the 92nd Street Y Extraordinary Women Awards

November 9, 2017
Extraordinary Women Awards, 92nd Street Y, New York
Recipient, Emily Rosenthal Award

Idil Ibrahim in a post-screening Q and A on stage in front of the closing credits

June 2 & 3, 2017
The Seventh Art Stand, Honolulu Museum of Art
Post-screening Q&A

Idil Ibrahim interviewed on the Sunrise set at Hawaii News Now

June 2017
Hawaii News Now, Honolulu
Interview, Sunrise

Event flyer: OkayAfrica 100 Women panel Our Community, Our Stories, featuring Idil Ibrahim

March 15, 2018
OkayAfrica 100 Women, New York
Panelist, Our Community, Our Stories

Event flyer: Idil Ibrahim on the NXT Africa Edition panel Shifting The Narrative
Idil Ibrahim speaking at a United Nations panel table
Idil Ibrahim teaching at a flip chart during a storytelling workshop at the Bronx Documentary Center

November 19 - 20, 2018
8th United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Global Forum, United Nations Headquarters
Delegate, Words Matter: Demystifying the Role of Media in Shaping Public Perceptions of Migrants and Minorities

January 21, 2023
Blackhouse Foundation, Sundance Film Festival
Panelist, Queen Collective Films: Widening the View of Black Life

January 24, 2020
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York
Moderator, Arturo A. Schomburg Celebration and Lecture with Dr. Abdel Kader Haidara

January 28, 2021
NXT: Africa Edition, Endeavor
Panelist, Shifting the Narrative