Young Photographers from North Africa and the Middle East
September - November 2014
Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo
This exhibition presents 18 photographic works by young documentary photographers from North Africa and the Middle East. The works originated in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates. They were produced through 10 photography workshops in MENA organized by the Goethe-Institut and its local partners in 2013 and 2014
Next to Here is a selection from a total of 74 photographic works. It offers visual narratives about the world right at the doorstep. These photographic works explore landscape, both urban and rural, and they portray people. In the months to come, the exhibition will be presented in Dubai, Khartum, Amman, Ramallah and other cities of the Arab world
The following photographers took part in the show: Karim Aboukelila, ELsadig Mohamed Ahmed, Maryam Ahmed, Mai Al Shazly, Qais Assali, Fatima Al Youssef, Shadi Baker, Othman Benjakkal, Mejdi El Bekri, Tarek El Marzougui, Gailan Haji Omar, Awel Haouati, Alaaeddin Jaber, Hussam Manasrah, Nadia Mounier, Manar Moursi, Boris Oue and Marwan Tahtah