A Camera Changed This Photojournalist's Life According to Ahmed Najm, sometimes the answer to a glittering career is dropped into your lap, but that doesn't mean it comes easy Franchise Your Business Schedule a FREE one-on-one session with one of our Franchise Advisors today and we’ll help you start building your franchise organization. Opinions expressed by You're reading Entrepreneur India, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. When Ahmed Najm was a child playing in the streets of Kurdistan, he never envisioned a career that would win him international acclaim as a photojournalist. Growing up with five elder brothers, photography school was never an option. Indeed, in Kurdistan—a region of Iraq—there were no photography schools.