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✨ Our Eighth Season Judge ✨
? Ramzi Haidar ??

President and founder of ‘Zakira – the Image Festival Association’ which has taught 500 children in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon basic photography and published a book of their work. Founder of Dar Al Mussawir which is a photography space in Beirut that holds photography school, exhibitions, seminars and photography related events and activities.
His professional experience includes working for United International Press (1981-83), Reuters (1983-85), Gamma, Collectif (1985-88), AgenceFrance-Presse (1988 – 2010) and many more.
His works covered the Lebanese civil war including the 1982 Israeli invasion, the war in Chad in 1983, the 1985 war in Yemen, the Gulf War of 1990, Sudanese refugees in 1995, the Kurdish uprising in Iraq in 1991, Israeli air offensives in 1993 and 1996, Pope John Paul II’s visit to Lebanon in1997, air strike campaigns against Iraq in 1998, Israel’s May 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 and Israel’s war on Lebanon in July 2006 as well as numerous others regional summits, events and conferences. He has also covered many athletic events including the qualifying games for the World Soccer Cup in the United Arab Emirates in 1996 and the 2000 Asian Cup for Football in Lebanon.
He is the winner of several international awards including the War Correspondents Award, the Best Picture of the Year Award from Newsweek and the Canon Best Picture Award of the Year from the University of Missouri in the United States.