Naima Mohamud

Naima Mohamud is a Finnish-Somali writer, director, and former BBC journalist, currently living and working in Dublin and Helsinki. With a passion for storytelling, she honed her craft by studying filmmaking in London and at the prestigious USC in Los Angeles. Her debut short film Fatima (2013) won the top prizes at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival and Germany’s Oberhausen Short Film Festival. Building on this success, Naima expanded into television, writing a 3-part sports miniseries that premiered on Yle in February 2024. Naima is currently working on several projects at different stages of production, including one backed by the Irish broadcaster RTÉ.