Fatima Al-Zahra'a Shbair Explained

Fatima Al-Zahra'a Shbair
Awards:A World Press Photo Award
Alma Mater:Al-Azhar University
Known For:Photojournalist

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]

Life and work

Shbair 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

Group exhibition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Palestinian Children in Gaza World Press Photo . 2022-09-04 . www.worldpressphoto.org.
  2. Web site: 'How an epidemic dominated the world' - a Q&A with Gazan photographer Fatima Shbair . 2022-09-04 . whynow . en.
  3. Web site: 2020-04-26 . This Palestinian photojournalist is documenting Gaza's athletes in quarantine . 2022-09-04 . Round City . en-US.
  4. News: Kristof . Nicholas . 2021-06-02 . Opinion Were My Criticisms of Israel Fair? . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-09-04 . 0362-4331.
  5. News: Lane . Guy . 2021-05-25 . A school protest and Gaza ruins: Tuesday's best photos . en-GB . The Guardian . 2022-09-04 . 0261-3077.
  6. Web site: 2021-07-23 . À Gaza, un bastion retranché entre les mains du Hamas . 2022-09-04 . LEFIGARO . fr.
  7. Web site: 2021-05-23 . Infrastructures, lieux de culte... Après onze jours de conflits, Gaza panse ses plaies . 2022-09-04 . LExpress.fr . fr.
  8. News: 2021-05-12 . L'escalade continue entre l'armée israélienne et les branches armées du Hamas . fr . Le Temps . 2022-09-04 . 1423-3967.
  9. Web site: Zakaria . Sherouk . National Geographic Abu Dhabi winners announced . 2022-09-04 . Khaleej Times . en.
  10. Web site: Une vie assiégée . 2022-09-04 . Visa pour l'image . fr.
  11. Web site: 11 days of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Fatima Shbair by Chris McGrath . 2022-09-04 . Visura . en.
  12. Web site: Palestinian Journalist Fatima Shbair Receives IWMF 2021 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award - IWMF . 2022-09-04 . www.iwmf.org . en.
  13. TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2021 . 2022-09-04 . Time . en.
  14. Web site: Zakaria . Sherouk . National Geographic Abu Dhabi winners announced . 2022-09-04 . Khaleej Times . en.