Young photographer Muha lives and works in Male, the island capital of the Maldives, and the most crowded city in the world. He dreams of adventuring in faraway places and, in 2005, backpacked through India to Nepal and Tibet, countries that couldn’t be more different to his home.

Himalayan Dreams follows Muha as he trains and treks from the world’s lowest elevation to the foot of its tallest mountains. For someone who has never seen mountains, mists, or snow, this is an extraordinary physical, psychological and spiritual journey. Muha experiences exhaustion and altitude sickness but also exhilaration and crystal clear mountain views.

Muha’s journey from the Indian Ocean to the Himalaya, beyond and back, will change his life forever.

Ali has been photographing and editing feature films, documentaries and music videos for more than a decade. He has also written feature-length screenplays in English and Dhivehi, the Maldivian language.
Ali has travelled throughout the Maldives in connection with his work and also backpacked and filmed in the India, Nepal, and Tibet, thrice trekking up to the 5,600-metre Kala Pattar in the Everest region.
Ali has a passion for international independent and art cinema and also a thing for barren, windswept mountain terrain.