The Honest · a masterclass by Ahmad Darwish

ORIGINAL · THE HONEST · MASTERCLASS · 2025

STORY

THE HONEST

A story written after a long silence.

The Honest is a masterclass on storytelling: how to find your real voice and tell your story without waiting to be perfect. I wrote it, directed it and presented it, and my own story is the material.

Production Geeks34

2025 · A GEEKS34 ORIGINAL

It was made in the hardest stretch I've been through. I was down, and I had been quiet for a long time. Instead of making an ad for someone else, I sat in front of the camera and told my own story.

  • Firstoriginal production by Geeks34
  • 4+1An intro and four chapters, about 50 minutes
  • 2025Filmed in April

Not an ad. A story told for the first time, in its owner's voice.

Ahmad in 2022 with a coffee cup, captioned Geeks34 Crafting in progress2022

BEFORE THE SILENCE

Before the silence, there were five years of stories.

In 2022 I sat in front of the camera with a cup of coffee and said: “I hope we’ll be able to tell more and more stories.” I didn’t know the most honest one would be my own.

The full Geeks34 story

Vent, deliver, launch.

The method I teach in the masterclass, and the same one I followed to tell my own story.

  1. 01 · VENT

    Vent

    Get the story out as it is. No polish, no fear of it not coming out perfect.

  2. 02 · DELIVER

    Deliver

    Shape it so it lands. The three-line rule, and how a story holds its listener to the end.

  3. 03 · LAUNCH

    Launch

    Put it out there, and let it become your identity and your work. As it did for me.

The chapters.

Chapters play here from YouTube, in Arabic with English subtitles.

I wrote it, directed it, and sat in front of the camera.

  • Idea, writing and directionMe. From the first page to the last scene.
  • PresentingMe. My story, in my voice.
  • CinematographyMedo Al Moghrabi
  • Behind the scenesSena Ergen
  • ProductionGeeks34
Behind the camera

On set, April 2025.

Ahmad Darwish standing under a single light, from the The Honest shoot
The Honest set, Ahmad seated with the lights around him
Ahmad with the cinematographer by the red wall
The set from behind the camera
Ahmad speaking to camera

Got a story you don't know how to tell? That's where we start.

The real story is what makes people care. From it we build the identity, content, website and ads, so clients reach you on WhatsApp.

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