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Riz Ahmed: To Be or Not to Be ... What is the Question?

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Riz Ahmed at VOICES 2025.
Riz Ahmed at VOICES 2025. (Getty Images for The Business of Fashion)

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“We need to rediscover the radical purpose and truth at the heart of storytelling,” says actor and activist Riz Ahmed. That purpose is not to create more distraction with shallow internet content but to remind audiences that, regardless of their superficial differences, they are part of a shared humanity.

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