Announcing the 2020 Arab Documentary Photography Program Grantees

 
Myriam Boulos, The Ongoing Revolution in Lebanon, Lebanon, 2019.

Myriam Boulos, The Ongoing Revolution in Lebanon, Lebanon, 2019.

Alongside The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and the Prince Claus Fund (PCF), we are pleased to announce eleven new projects to be supported as part of the seventh cycle of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP).

The Arab Documentary Photography Program offers production support for long-term creative projects within a six-month individual mentorship program with Randa Shaath, Eric Gottesman, Tanya Habjouqa, and Peter van Agtmael. Over the course of the program, the grantees come together for two intensive workshops in Beirut to aid in the development of their projects. This year’s grantees are:

  • Rehab Eldalil, The Longing of the Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken | Egypt

  • Roger Anis, Colors of the Water | Egypt

  • Seif Kousmate, The Dying Soul | Morocco

  • Myriam Boulos, The Ongoing Revolution in Lebanon | Lebanon

  • Tamara Saade, The Tanning Men | Lebanon

  • Maen Hammad, Radical | Palestine

  • Ramzy Bensaadi, 103 | Algeria

  • Nada Harib, Women of Libya | Libya

  • Yasmine Omari, The Eye Sees Far but the Hand is Short | Palestine

  • Amina Kadous, White Gold | Egypt

  • Lara George Chahine, Reasons Why You Should Date a Lebanese Woman / Set El Beit | Lebanon

Roger Anis, Colors of the Water, Egypt, 2020.

Roger Anis, Colors of the Water, Egypt, 2020.

This year’s grantees were selected from 88 applications representing 16 Arab countries. Meeting virtually over two days, the jury committee was comprised of Magnum Foundation’s Executive Director Kristen Lubben; researcher and curator Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh; and 2015 ADPP grantee Zied Ben Romdhane. They issued the following statement:

Working from within their communities, the photographers of this year’s Arab Documentary Photography Program aspire to find ethical approaches to complex subjects related to identity, community, gender, and the environment in times of crisis. It has been particularly encouraging to observe how, in this time of economic crisis in Lebanon, political upheaval in the region, and during a global pandemic, photographers in the Middle East and North Africa continue their work and dedication to challenging topics.

The program was created to support and amplify creative approaches to visual storytelling that challenge conventional narratives about the region. The eleven selected projects reflect a range of personal, social, political, and environmental issues, such as belonging in liminal Bedouin life in South-Sinai; liberation through skateboarding in Palestine; and the impacts of development and migration on Morocco’s ecosystems.

Amina Kadous,White Gold, Egypt, 2020.

Amina Kadous,White Gold, Egypt, 2020.

As the new grantees begin their projects, participants of the 2019 cycle are finalizing their visual stories. Learn more about the program and the projects by previous grantees here.

 
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