NAAJ: comedian, actor, filmmaker

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    About & training

    NAAJ grew up in Ouled Haffouz, a mountain village with no running water or electricity, but with a long Amazigh and Arab tradition of storytelling. That tradition is the thread through everything he does now: stand-up, screen and stage, writing and directing.

    He is based in Los Angeles, plays in Arabic, English and French, and builds stories with and for his own communities through ShepherdBoy Entertainment.

    USC
    MFA, Film & TV Production · George Lucas Family Foundation Scholar
    Notre Dame
    BA, Film & Theatre · Hesburgh-Yusko Scholar
    The Second City
    Improv and sketch, Chicago
    CONAN
    Script intern, 2019
    African Leadership Academy
    Francis Deng Scholar

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    Photo books, fine-art prints and collectibles by NAAJ. Every piece is printed to order. Reserve one and his team confirms the size, edition and price with you.

    Cover image for Immigrant FacesImmigrant
    Faces    NAAJ

    Photo book · in progress

    Immigrant Faces

    Portraits of the people who crossed borders to be here, photographed one face at a time.

    Cover image for American Roads and LandscapesAmerican Roads
    & Landscapes    In the eyes of a stranger · NAAJ

    Photo book

    American Roads & Landscapes

    Highways, small towns and open country from his road trips across America, seen by someone who arrived as a stranger.

    Fine-art prints

    Click a print to reserve it. Large-format, signed, printed to order.

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