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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Palestinian photographer Majdi
Fathi Qreqi, from the Gaza Strip, won the prize for the “Arab Photographers
Union and Sharjah Calligraphy Forum” competition for the press photo, which was
organized under the auspices of the Department of Culture in the UAE.
The “Diaa Calligraphy” exhibition
presented 40 works by 29 photographers. The Union of Arab Photographers
organized a competition for them, in which five Arab photographers won. Their
works were carefully chosen.
The list of winners was as follows:
Salem Sarhan Amer in the first
place
Hussein Ali Al-Amiri in second
place
While the third place was won by
Majdi Fathi Qureiqa
While the honorary awards came to:
Ahmed Dawood and Omran Al-Ahmad, they were honored by Abdullah Al Owais, Head
of the Department of Culture in Sharjah.
And Dar Al-Kalima University House
for Arts and Culture in Bethlehem honored, for the fifth year in a row, and
under the slogan “No New World Order”, the finalists and winners of the Karima
Abboud Award for Photography for the year 2020, during a ceremony held at Dar
Al-Kalima University headquarters in Gaza City. The ceremony was transmitted
via Zoom technology.
Then Mr. Fayez Al-Sarsawy,
accompanied by Mr. Mohsen Abu Ramadan and Mr. Raji Al-Sourani, handed
certificates to the 12 finalists from the Gaza Strip, male and female
photographers. The first place was shared by Youssef Abu Saeed for his project
“Corona” and Magdy Quraiqa for his project “Make Your Mask”.
The first-place winning photos will
be permanently displayed in the library and multimedia building at Dar
Al-Kalima University, along with the winning photos and artworks in previous
years in the Karima Abboud Prize for Photography, and the artist Ismail
Shammout Prize for Fine Art.
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