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I am an independent photographer and multimedia storyteller based in Cairo, Egypt. My work has been featured by The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Stern, ZEIT, Swiss national broadcaster SRF and others.

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Before going freelance, I worked as a writer and editorial lead at VICE's Zurich office and as a content strategist at WIRZ Communications. In 2024, I completed a one-year program at the International Center of Photography with a project about New York City's migration crisis that was among the finalists for "Best Digital News Story" at Visa Pour l'Image. I can communicate in German, English, Spanish and French.

 

In addition to my journalistic work, I also work as an educator and for commercial clients such as the global fashion brand On. ​​

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Exhibitions and Recognitions

2025

  • American Photography AP41 Chosen Winner, USA

  • Shortlist "Siena International Photo Awards", Italy

  • Selected Participant Hamburg Portfolio Review, Germany

  • Group Exhibition "Environmental Portrait", F-Stop Magazine, USA

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2024

  • Finalist "Best Digital News Story", Visa Pour l'Image, France

  • Shortlist "World Report Award", Festival della Fotografia Etica, Italy

  • Honorable Mention "International Photography Awards", USA

  • Editors' Selection at LensCulture's "Emerging Talent Awards", USA

  • Exhibition "Shared Spaces" at the International Center of Photography, NYC

  • Screening of multimedia project "Kings Without Land" at Visa Pour l'Image, France​

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2023

  • Shortlist "Helsinki Photo Festival", Finland

  • Exhibition "Swiss Press Photo - The Best of Swiss Journalism" at Swiss National Museum, Historic Museum Bern, Château de Prangins, Museo Castello Grande​

Work Experience

  • VICE Switzerland: Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Staff Writer

  • WIRZ Communications: Content Strategist

  • Freelance: Writing, editing and visual storytelling for various publications and brands

  • Educator: Journalism and photography workshops at Zurich International School, University of Liechtenstein, Art School Liechtenstein

International Reporting Experience

  • Migration: Sea rescue in the Mediterranean, Darién Gap, Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Mexico's last migrant caravans before Trump, record-level migration at U.S.-Mexico border, New York City's historic migration crisis

  • Colombia: Record-level assassinations of environmentalists, human cost of rising European coal imports, migration at the Darién Gap, Colombia's mercenaries fighting in Ukraine and Sudan, the world's emerald capital

  • Palestine: Rising fundamentalism in West Bank ahead of Oct. 7

  • Lebanon: Cannabis growers in crisis, one year after the port explosion, Syrian diaspora during Covid-19 and economic crisis

  • Syria: Rising tourism to dictatorship

  • Hong Kong: Last uprising of the pro-democracy movement, pro-democracy activists in exile

  • Switzerland: Rise in suicidal tendencies

Education and Certificates

  • One-year program "Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism" at the International Center of Photography

  • Drone Pilot Certification: FAA Part 107

  • HEFAT Certificate

  • B.A. in Sociology at the University of Vienna

Affiliations

  • PEN Club

  • Writing With Light

  • Reporters Without Borders

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