Mentorship Awards 2022: Arab Documentary Photography Programme

The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture – AFAC, the Prince Claus Fund, and the Magnum Foundation are happy to announce the 12 photographers selected to be supported through the ninth cycle of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP).  The programme is part of the Prince Claus Fund Mentorship Awards. The call for applicants to the ADPP spanned from February 1 to April 1, 2022. A three-member jury was invited to evaluate the applicants in order to determine those to support. This year’s jury included: Kristen Lubben, the director of the Magnum Foundation; Nadia Bseiso, a Jordanian photographer and former ADPP grant recipient; and Hrair Sarkissian, a Syrian artist and photographer.  At the close of their evaluation, the jurors selected 12 photographers as ADPP grantees. The selected photographers hail from Egypt, Algeria, Syria, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine.