Media spotlightNovember 2018
“It is not always just about the equipment. It is also about the will.”
- 4,200
- km ridden
- 35
- days on the bike
- €260
- bicycle
Hi, I’m Ahmed.I travel, I film, and I talk to strangers.
Find me online mainly here:
Travel
Alien Explores Earth
@AlienExploresEarthI film the places I was warned about. Long routes, one camera, no crew.
Open channelLifeI Have a Free Will
@IHaveAFreeWillThinking out loud about how to live. Friendship, community, love, and the work of building all three.
Open channelPodcast1000 Berliners
@1000BerlinersTalking to 1000 people I have never met in Berlin, one at a time, to learn how this city actually lives.
Open channelI travel to extreme places, and meet the people who live there.
Climbing volcanoes, crossing borders during wars, eating things I cannot name, and talking to whoever will talk back. New videos whenever the internet allows.
Latest, Ukraine
I Went to Ukraine During the War
Watch it
Sahara, Mauritania
I Jumped on the Most Dangerous Train in Africa
Bangladesh
I Train Surfed During a Thunderstorm in Dhaka
Buriganga, Bangladesh
I Cruised the World's Dirtiest River
70 videos and countingAlien Explores Earth
100K subscribersSubscribe Featured onAirbnb
In 2018 I rode from Berlin to Morocco with no training, hardly any money, and a route I made up as I went.
When I am not filming, I make small apps.
Nothing here was planned. Each one started as something I needed on a trip, or at home, and then kept going.
Influencer NotesMy app for video creators
I built an app that helps creators write videos that go viral.
Seventy videos in, I know the difference between one that takes off and one that disappears gets decided before the camera turns on. It gets decided on the page. So I built the writing app I could not find: every script opens with the parts viral videos are built on, the hook, the story, the payoff, and you always know what to write next.
- Every script starts from the structure viral videos are built on
- Know the spoken runtime before you film, not after
- Filming cues and alternate takes live inside the script
Start a script for freeFree plan. Upgrade only when the queue grows.
Check out my other apps
iPhone
No Boring Routes
Running the same loop is how running stops being fun. This hands you somewhere you have not been, every time, with mystery distances and ghost races when you want the pressure.
iPhone & Android
Bikepacking Live
Plan a multi-day ride, then let people come along for it. Share the journey stage by stage, out in the open if you are riding for a cause, or with the one person who just wants to know you are safe.
iPhone & Android
Broadcast My Run
A marathon is an event, but nobody you love can be there for most of it. They follow your position live and send cheers, and you hear them out on the course when the legs start arguing.
iPhone & Android
Dues
Subscriptions are built to be forgotten. This one remembers every renewal and every cancellation deadline, so you decide what to keep instead of finding out on the statement.
iPhone
Tidehold
Freediving training for the days you are nowhere near water. CO₂ and O₂ tables, guided holds, and an honest record of how long you can actually stay down.
macOS
VideoHover
The tutorial disappears the moment you switch to the app you are learning. This keeps the video floating above everything, so you can follow along while you do the thing.
iPhone
Breath Routine
Build a breathing routine once, then stop thinking about it. Clear visual guidance, no narrator, and none of the music nobody asked for.
I read everything, and answer most of it.
Ideas, bug reports, or a good reason to visit somewhere I have not been yet. My messages are open on all three.