Mohammed Salem, Jehad Alshrafi, Belal Altellawi from Gaza Strip acquired benefit medal recognition from HIPA for recording the situation of the enclave underneath the Israeli navy marketing campaign. File Photo: MOHAMMED SALEM through Reuters
Mohammed Salem, Jehad Alshrafi, Belal Altellawi from Gaza Strip acquired benefit medal recognition from HIPA for recording the situation of the enclave underneath the Israeli navy marketing campaign. The high award winner from Gaza Strip was Ali Jadallah of northern Gaza who acquired the primary prize for narrating the story of war-hit Gaza Strip to the skin world. Mr. Jadallah was represented by his spouse who flew in to Dubai to obtain the award on behalf of her partner on the award ceremony in Museum of the Future (MOTF) in Dubai. Mr. Jadallah’s pictures captured the situation of Gaza because it ready for the month of Ramadan as youngsters starved earlier this 12 months even because the Israeli navy operation continued.
“Jadallah’s father and his siblings had been killed three days after the Israeli bombing began on October 7, 2023. His mom relocated to Turkiye the place she continues to obtain therapy however Jadallah continued to stay in Gaza the place he has continued with photographing the struggle regardless of issues with electrical energy, web and meals shortage,” mentioned his spouse Doaa Elasawi who acquired the prize for Mr. Jadallah. She noticed that photographers from the Gaza Strip have performed a very powerful function in exposing the fact of Gaza Strip which continues to face assaults from Israel regardless of the ceasefire.
The different group of battle zone photographers who had been honoured at HIPA got here from Syria who’ve been capturing pictures of Syria over the previous twelve years as rebels clashed with the now deposed authorities of President Assad. Hashem Dardowra of Syria was among the many high winners for his depiction of the survival of a 14-year outdated Khaled who labored as an apprentice in a carpenter’s workshop Idlib when the the realm got here underneath bombing. The profitable photograph confirmed, Khaled rising from rubble with bandage on his head with a defiant smile. Other winners from Syria was Ghaith Alsayed who gained a benefit medial for his photograph displaying a vegetable market within the metropolis of Homs that grew round an deserted tank belonging to the forces of the deposed President Bashar Al Assad. Chinese photographer Mei Yin additionally acquired a benefit medal at HIPA for the {photograph} of the deserted and destroyed metropolis blocks of Aleppo that noticed intense fights between forces of President Assad and the rebels.
Indian photographers additionally gained high photographers with Deepak Singh Dogra main with the second prize within the astrophotography the place his beautiful pictures of the solar and photo voltaic flares. Drone photographer Shantha Kumar Nagendran gained the second prize within the new class of drone images that showcased his work that crisscrossed India.
(The reporter was a visitor of the HIPA, Dubai)
Published – November 12, 2025 10:38 pm IST
