FROM THE PRODUCTION ARCHIVE / MEDINAHBUILD THE WORLD.
FIND ITS RHYTHM.
A sci-fi world is only as compelling as the story moving through it.
Medinah brought near-future Qatar, parallel realities and a fight for survival into one series. John served as lead editor, shaping the work from inside the edit.
His contribution also extended to the series logo—connecting the story on screen with the mark that introduced it.
Supplied series artwork shown as project context.
THE TELLY AWARDS / GOLD + SILVERTWO WINS. ONE CRAFT.
THE EDIT.
RECOGNIZED.
Medinah received Gold and Silver Telly Awards for editing in 2024. John’s role on the series was lead editor—a contribution to work recognized alongside the Medinah team.
Official entries list Katara Studios as entrant.
A WORLD NEEDS
A SIGNATURE.
The name needed a mark of its own.
Alongside his editing role, John designed the Medinah logo. The supplied artwork shows the title across the series identity, poster and character-teaser presentations.
THE FIRST IMPRESSION.
ONE MARK.
A RECOGNIZABLE WORLD.
A PROJECT.
A CHAPTER OF LIFE.
Qatar was already part of John’s story.
He was living there while working on Medinah, but his life in Qatar had begun years before the project. The series belongs to a longer personal and creative connection with the country.
FROM QATAR.
TO COMIC-CON.
Medinah’s first episode was presented at San Diego Comic-Con in 2017, bringing the series to an international audience.
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Lead-editor and logo-design roles, and the personal Qatar connection, are supplied by John Darko. Original imagery supplied from the project archive. Awards: official 2024 Telly entries linked above. Comic-Con context: Screen Daily, July 23, 2017. Series creator: Ahmed Al Baker. The project study presents John’s contributions within the larger Medinah team.