About Us
Established by Qatar Museums under the leadership of its Chairperson, Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and supported by the Social & Sport Contribution Fund (Daam), Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar is being developed as a focal point for the personal and professional creative growth of photographers and image-makers in the region. Tasweer is building on Qatar Museum’s commitment to nurture artistic talent, and to develop Qatar's arts economy and support creative industry.
OUR TEAM
Leadership & Direction
Khalifa Ahmad Al Obaidly: Director of Tasweer Photo Festival
Meriem Berrada: Artistic Director
Curatorial & Exhibition
Sheikha Maryam Hassan Al-Thani: Guest Curator
Project Management & Shared Services
Mohab Mohamed Ibrahim: Exhibitions Project Manager
Jackielyn Martinez: Project Assistant
Ma Cyrene Bermudez: Shared Services Coordinator
Programs & Community Outreach
Maryam Wahid: Head of Programs & Community Outreach
Taj Salim: Programs and Outreach Specialist
Sara Al Subaey: Community Outreach Coordinator
Maha Khalfan Al Maslamani: Awards Coordinator
Syed Hasan Zaidi: Studio Technician
Marketing and Sponsorship
Maryam Al Misnad: Head of Marketing and Sponsorship
Sheikha Fatima Jabor H. A. Al Thani: Marketing and Communications Coordinator II
Latifa Khalid Al Sada: Sponsorship Coordinator III
Themba Ben Mtwazi: Digital Assets and Media Engagement Coordination Lead
Competitions and Awards
Tasweer Single Image Award 2024
Tasweer congratulates Ahmed Abdulaziz Alabbadi, Adel Al Haimi, Mustafa Shorbaji, Mohamed Abdalla Medo, Waad Saber, Mustafa Turky, Bashar Shglila, Mortada Emad, Ahmed Shaaban Elimi, Muthanna Ba Dhares, Haitham Imad Nuraldeen, Ahmed Hussein Masoud, Ali Mahmoud Abdelwahab Gad, Tarek Elmagrbe, Eslam Ahmed Hamed, Neşe Arı, Salem Sultan Alhajri, Mohamed Nasr, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Ahmed Emad.
Tasweer Project Award 2024
We are thrilled to announce the ten winners of the 2024 Tasweer Project Award grants –Ismail Zaidy, Imane Djamil, Tamara Abdul Hadi and Roi Saade Mohanad Hasan Kadhim Al Sudani, Mahmoud Abu Hamda, Shadi Nael Al-Tatabi, Wafaa Samir, Lina Geoushy, Adam Rouhana, Mosab Abushama.
2023 Award Winners
Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Single Image Award 2023
For the 3rd Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Single Image Awards, Tasweer invited the independent curator Rola Khayyat to select the 2023 awardees. Tasweer congratulates Mohamed Hoyzen Ahmed, Hussein AlAamri, Yousef Almasoud, Salaheddine El Bouaaichi, Samir Mustafa Abdel Fattah Hussein, Rita Kabalan, Mohamed Kaouche, Akram Menari, Ahmed Muhammed, Mohamed Nageeb Nasr, Michael Anthony Perrone, and Salem Sultan.
Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award 2023
We are thrilled to announce the eight winners of the 2023 Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award grants –Maeen Aleryani, Mohammed Alkouh, Sarah Benamar, Amina Kadous, M’hammad Kilito, Tamara Saade, Mustafa Satkin, Ali Haj Souleiman,
2022 Award Winners
2022 Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Single Image Award Winners
Winners include: Raghda Khairy, Adriane de Souza, Murtadha Adnan AlHassan, Hallouli Mohamed Ameur, Hani Hamdan Alsuleimani, Muhammed Mostafa, Ryan Brand, Dima Assad, Salman Faris, Aya Muhammed and Khalid Alrawahi
2022 Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award Winners
Winners include: Reem Falaknaz, Salih Basheer, Mouneb Nassar, Abdo Shanan, Fethi Sahraoui and Fatema Bint Ahmad
2021 Award Winners
Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Single Image Award 2021
The Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Award was first announced in 2001 as a platform to support photographers. The award was relaunched by Tasweer in its inaugural year of 2021, with the Saoud bin Mohammed Al-Thani Foundation, as annual open call to photographers in Western Asia and North Africa (WANA), continuing its journey of celebrating and nurturing photographic talent. In October 2020, Tasweer announced the open call for applications to this single image award application and announced the awards jury and curators – the Photo Art Qatar collective; Adriane de Souza, Ammar Alqamash, Latifah Aldarwish, and Shaima Ayoub. Their selection of the 10 award-winning single images are shown here.
Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award 2021
In October 2020, Tasweer announced the open call for applications to this annual grant award and formed a jury with Sheikha Sara Al-Thani (Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Awards); Sueraya Shaheen (photographer and editor); and Kristine Khouri (independent researcher) and Sheikha Shaikha Al-Thani (Qatar Photographic Society), along with Tasweer’s Artistic Director Charlotte Cotton, Director Khalifa Ahmad Al Obaidly and Senior Curator Maryam Hassan Al-Thani. They reviewed applicants’ proposals and held meetings in January 2021 before selecting six awardees – Hayat Ahmed Al Sharif, Mohammed El Shamy, Mona Hassan, Rula Halawani, Samar Sayer Baiomy, Shaima Al-Tamimi.
In Conversation
Antwaun Sargent
An interview by Sara Foryame in conjunction with the 'The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion' exhibition.
Hadeer Omar
An interview by Maryam Hassan Al-Thani in conjunction with the 'And Thereafter' exhibition.
More Conversations
Interviews with some of the most influential photographers today.