couples

Ahmed qaid

Posing as brother and sister, a pair of young Yemeni newlyweds travel to San Francisco in the early 1990s in search of a better life. Upon arriving, they soon find their marriage tested by poverty, homesickness, and an American dream that seems to forever elude them.

Ahmed Qaid is a Yemeni American writer and photographer. He has a passion for creating complex, authentic, and compassionate works that explore the experiences of Arab and Muslim individuals within contemporary America.