Education:

 

2010-2012: WIZO Academy of Design and Education, Haifa

Diploma in Professional Photography

 

2003-2005: Oranim Academic College of Education, Haifa

Teaching Certificate

 

1998-2002: University of Haifa, Haifa

BA in Philosophy and History

 

Work:

 

2012 - present: freelance photographer and trainer

 

2002-2012: Al-Mashhad Technological High School, al-Mashhad, Galilee

Teacher and Event Coordinator

 

2007-2010: Haq Youth Movement for Human Rights, The Arab Association for Human Rights, Nazareth

Founder and Coordinator

 

2001- 2007: The Arab Association for Human Rights, Nazareth

Education Program Coordinator

 

Additional Experience and Volunteerism:

 

2007-2010: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

Representative, Working Group on Human Rights Education

 

11-12/2009: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva

Fellow, Minorities Program

 

2008: Tel Hashomer Hospital, Tel Aviv

Voluntary work with children with cancer from Gaza

 

2007- 2008: Al-Doha Children Cultural Centre, Bethlehem

Volunteer

 

2005-2008: Defence for Children International - Palestine Section, Hebron

Volunteer

 

2006: Welfare Association, Lithuania

Delegate, Study Tour on Minority Education

 

1998- 2002: Arab Students Association, University of Haifa, Haifa

General Secretary

 

1996-2008: Ibda' Association, Dheishe Refugee Camp, Bethlehem

Volunteer

 

Individual Exhibitions:

 

3/2015    Unrecognized Games (Children in the unrecognized villages of the Naqab)

Arab Cultural Association, Haifa, and , Gaza،Munchen.

 

8/2014: Tales from Palestine , Fusion Festival, Germany

 

7/2013: Tirja'u Besalameh (Come Back Safely), House of Culture & Art, Nazareth

Palestinian construction workers & safety at the work place

 

6/2013: Tirja'u Besalameh (Come Back Safely), International Labour Organization, Geneva

Palestinian construction workers & safety at the work place

 

6/2013: Tirja'u Besalameh (Come Back Safely), Darat al Funun, Amman

Palestinian construction workers & safety at the work place

 

3/2012: Teeh (Labyrinth), Café Fattoush, Haifa

Deep shadow, nude body illustrations

 

2-3/2012: Ala Haffat al-Amal (On the Edge of Hope), Chefchaouen, Morocco

Child labor

 

10/2011: Athar (Trace), Café Elika, Haifa

Memory and death

 

Awards & Scholarships:

 

11/2013- ...: A.M. Qattan Foundation

Support for photographic project about life in the unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Naqab/Negev

 

7/2012-6/2013: The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)

Support for photographic project Tirja'u Besalameh (Come back safely) about safety at work

 

2012: Al-Awda Award, BADIL (Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights), Bethlehem

2nd Place

 

2011: Euromed Heritage Programme and Rehabimed Association, “Crossing viewpoints: Mediterranean cities as spaces of socialisation”

Special mention by the Jury