Fatima Al-Zahra'a Shbair is a Palestinian photojournalist based in Gaza City, Palestine. She won a Prix de la Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik award by Visa pour l'image in 2021 and a World Press Photo award in 2022.[1]
Fatima Al-Zahra'a Shbair | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1997 (age 26–27) |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University |
| Known for | Photojournalist |
| Awards | A World Press Photo Award |
Life and work
editShbair is a self-taught photographer born in Gaza in 1997.[2][3] She studied business administration at Al-Azhar University. Her work focuses on documenting the Palestinian - Israeli conflict in Gaza City. Shbair's work has been published by many international publications including The New York Times,[4] The Guardian,[5] Le Figaro,[6] L'Express[7] and Le Temps.[8]
Awards
edit- 2017 : Photo Documentary Grand Prix, National Geographic Moments [9]
- 2021 : Prix de la Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik[10]
- 2021 : IWMF 2021 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award[11][12]
- 2021 : TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2021[13]
- 2022 : World Press Photo, Regional winner (Asia), Singles
Group exhibition
edit- National Geographic in Dubai 2017[14]
References
edit- ^ "Palestinian Children in Gaza | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "'How an epidemic dominated the world' - a Q&A with Gazan photographer Fatima Shbair". whynow. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "This Palestinian photojournalist is documenting Gaza's athletes in quarantine". Round City. 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ Kristof, Nicholas (2021-06-02). "Opinion | Were My Criticisms of Israel Fair?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ Lane, Guy (2021-05-25). "A school protest and Gaza ruins: Tuesday's best photos". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "À Gaza, un bastion retranché entre les mains du Hamas". LEFIGARO (in French). 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "Infrastructures, lieux de culte... Après onze jours de conflits, Gaza panse ses plaies". LExpress.fr (in French). 2021-05-23. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "L'escalade continue entre l'armée israélienne et les branches armées du Hamas". Le Temps (in French). 2021-05-12. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ Zakaria, Sherouk. "National Geographic Abu Dhabi winners announced". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "Une vie assiégée". Visa pour l'image (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "11 days of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Fatima Shbair by Chris McGrath". Visura. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "Palestinian Journalist Fatima Shbair Receives IWMF 2021 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award - IWMF". www.iwmf.org. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2021". Time. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ Zakaria, Sherouk. "National Geographic Abu Dhabi winners announced". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2022-09-04.