Photography

Raouf Haj Yehia

Raouf Haj Yehia (b. 1973) is an artist, researcher and curator currently based in Ramallah. He received a degree in sociology from Birzeit University in 2003 and then worked as a teaching assistant in the photography program there for three years. In 2006, he was awarded the UNIDEE artist-in- residency at the Fondazione Pistoletto, Citta Del Arte in Biella, Italy, and was an artist in residence at Funen Art Academy in Denmark in September 2008.

His conceptual projects include the Ghabash newspaper project in the Al-Ayyam newspaper and Zwaya magazine (Beirut) in 2005. Documentation of his Bread for Gaza project was exhibited in the No Holidays in Gaza exhibition at the Contemporary Image Collective in Cairo (2007) and in Mapping, Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2009).

First Name
Raouf
Last Name
Haj Yehia
Occupation
Artist, Researcher, Curator,
Years Active
2003-present
Active in
Ramallah

Rula Halawani

Rula Halawani (b. 1964) is a Palestinian photographer and educator who lives and works in Jerusalem. Halawani is director of the photography department at Birzeit University. In 2016, she was given a residency fellowship at the Camargo Foundation, in Cassis.

First Name
Rula
Last Name
Halawani
Occupation
Photographer,
Years Active
1989-present
Active in
Jerusalem