Photographer
Ali Zaraay

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Photographer
Ali Zaraay

Ali Zaraay, Egyptian Visual Artist and Documentary Photographer in Cairo. He studied in Hochschule Hannover's International Program of Documentary and Photojournalism program 2020. In July 2023, Ali will start his residency in Cite Des Arts, Paris. He has worked as a press photographer 2012-2016 in a variety of Egyptian newspapers. And since 2015, he works on his long-term documentary project with the Nomadic Bedouins of Egypt, which he turned into a web documentary. Ali currently is interested in interactive installations and public exhibitions and has been engaged in curation and creative production. He recently founded “Safena 7” that offers a space for critical and multidisciplinary collective discussions around photography and visual arts in Egypt. Ali’s current artworks are concerned with the change in the city, the demolition, construction, and displacement. He believes in the importance of contemporary multimedia tools; collage, installations, video, sound and web documentaries to complement photography.

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