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- Country of residence: Palestine
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The twins Name: Lara Serdah Name: Mandy Serdah Nationality: Palestinian Date of birth: 4/24/1976 Residence: Gaza Strip “Gaza City” Specialization: Bachelor’s degree in Sociology Work: We work in our children’s association for the deaf Mandy as a personnel affairs officer Lara as a social worker “Our passion is nature, loving it.” We were passionate about photographing it.”
We photograph and document wildlife in the Gaza Strip. “With personal and personal efforts.” We are the only two girls who document wildlife in the Gaza Strip. The tasks are distributed as follows: Mandy monitors and publishes on social networking sites. Lara takes the photo. “We have the same Facebook and Instagram account.”
Our beginnings in photography. We started with a regular digital camera. We photograph everything beautiful in nature. We started photographing since 2012 with a semi-professional camera. We did not join any photography course and we do not use image processing or editing programs, as we believe that the beauty of the image is in its nature.
- Photography for us is capturing a beautiful moment in time and conveying it to others and the beauty of the image in its nature. - - Our achievements in photography:-- An exhibition of our photos was held at the Children’s Center - Gaza, A M Qattan Foundation, March 2018 - Publishing photos of our photography in the guide to medicinal plants in the medical garden For the University of Palestine - Gaza Strip 2018, funded by Professor Norman Khalaf’s Department of Environmental Research, National Research Center - State of Palestine - Using some of the photos we photographed about wildlife in some research by Palestinian researchers from universities in the Gaza Strip. Conducting several press interviews with some satellite channels, in addition to We made press reports about our hobby of photography in some Arab magazines and local newspapers. We gave awareness lectures to youth groups about the importance of preserving wildlife in the Gaza Strip. Participated in environmental trips and trails in the Gaza Strip. We were chosen by the Lady Earth Foundation among The most important photographers in Palestine, and we will be honored today, Monday, September 30, 2019, and awarded the First Class Medal of Creativity. The Palestinian NGO Network used photos from our photography for the annual calendar for the year 2021.
Our hobbies are photography, walking, and reading poetry. Despite the harsh conditions that Gaza suffers from, it is beautiful and full of biodiversity, and it is our duty to show and preserve biodiversity.
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