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Bethlehem,
Palestine.
BADIL
is
proud
to
announce
the
winners
of
the
2008
Al-Awda
Award,
the
second
annual
public
competition
of
its
kind.
The
award
aims
to
foster
Palestinian
talent
and
creativity
and
to
raise
the
profile
of
the
Palestinian
Nakba
and
the
right
of
all
forcibly
displaced
Palestinians
to
return
to
their
homes
and
lands.
The
18
Palestinian
winners
of
the
2008
Award
come
from
the
1967
occupied
West
Bank
and
Gaza
Strip,
Israel,
Syria
and
Germany.
They
were
honored
on
Saturday,
3
May,
in
two
parallel
and
satellite-linked
Awda
Award
Festivals
in
the
West
Bank
(Ramallah
Cultural
Palace)
and
the
Gaza
Strip
(Red
Crescent
Hall,
Khan
Younis)
which
were
attended
by
an
enthusiastic
audience
of
over
1,500
people
from
all
over
Palestine.
The
awards
were
granted
by
leaders
of
most
of
the
Palestinian
political
parties;
while
the
juries
were
composed
of
internationally
renowned
Palestinian
artists,
film-makers,
academics,
journalists
and
authors.
The
stage
was
also
graced
by
the
renowned
Firqet
al-Funoun
al-Sha'abiyya
(the
Palestinian
Popular
Arts
Troupe),
which
opened
and
closed
the
events
with
a
spectacular
performance
that
brought
together
Palestinian
folklore
with
interpretive
dance
expressing
the
story
of
Palestine
in a
mesmerizing
display
of
color,
costume,
movement
and
beauty.
The
2008
Award
Winners
are:
Category:
Nakba
Commemoration
Poster
1st
prize:
Ashraf
Ghurayyib
(1975),
arts
teacher
in
Gaza;
2nd
prize:
Khaldoon
Khatib
(1984),
graphic
designer
in
Hebron;
3rd
prize:
Anan
Zurba
(1984),
arts
teacher
in
Nablus.
Category:
Documentary
Films
1st
prizes
to:
Hesham
Zuraiq
(1968),
from
Nazareth
and
working
as
engineer
in
Germany,
for
the
film:
Abna'
Eilaboun
(“Sons
of
Eilaboun”);
and,
Mohammad
Jabr
(1982),
director
of a
media
training
center
in
Ramallah,
for
the
film:
Lu'bat
Yaffa
(“The
Yaffa
Game”);
2nd
prize:
Ahmad
Shehadeh
(1988),
cameraman
with
a
Palestinian
news
agency
in
Gaza,
for
the
film:
Fi
Tafasil
Qussah
(“Details
of a
Story”);
3rd
prize:
Ameer
Ahmaru
(1976),
TV
producer
in
Hebron,
for
the
film:
Laji'
Ila
Watani
(“Refuge
in
my
Homeland”).
Category:
Children's
Stories
1st
prize:
Ahlam
Mohammad
Bisharat
(1975),
school
teacher
and
freelance
writer
from
Toubas
(northern
West
Bank,
for
the
story
Shubbak
Al-Zinko
(“The
Zinc
Window”):
2nd
prize:
Maysoon
Asadi
(1963),
director
of
an
information
center
and
freelance
writer
in
Haifa,
for
the
story
Bayt
Buyut
(“House
of
Houses”);
3rd
prize:
Dima
Sahweel
(1974),
bank
employee
and
freelance
writer
in
Ramallah,
for
the
story
'Ulbat
Alwan
(“Box
of
Colours”).
Category:
Oral
History
1st
prize:
Rasha
Abu
Zaitun
(1982),
graduate
of
social
sciences
from
Tulkarem,
for
her
research
of
the
Nakba
in
the
village
of
Sabbareen;
2nd
prize:
Abdel
Hamid
Al-Farani
(1968),
lecturer
at
the
Islamic
University
of
Gaza,
for
his
research
of
the
Nakba
in
the
village
of
Hamama;
3rd
prize:
Anwar
Mar'i
(1980),
graduate
of
social
sciences
from
Tulkarem,
for
his
research
of
the
Nakba
in
the
village
of
Abu
Kishek.
Category:
Written
Journalism
1st
prize:
Anas
Abu
Rahmah
(1987),
student
of
journalism
from
the
village
of
Bil'in
(Ramallah)
for
the
piece
Al-Mithya'
(“The
Radio”);
2nd
prize:
Abdel
Hakim
Abu
Jamous
f(1966),
director
of
department
with
the
Palestinian
Ministry
of
Higher
Education
in
Nablus,
for
the
piece
Sir
Al-Lawn
Al-Azraq
(“The
Secret
of
the
Color
Blue”);
3rd
prize:
Ahmad
Jaber
(1969),
journalist
and
writer
in
Syria,
for
the
piece
Lam
Al-Shaml
wa-Al-Nawm
'ala
Hulm
Al-'Awda
(“Family
Reunification
and
Sleeping
on
the
Dream
of
Return”).
Category:
Research
Papers
1st
prizes
to:
Muna
Nabulsi
f(1980),
school
teacher
in
Jerusalem,
for
the
study:
Mustajaddat
Wad'a
Al-Laji'in
Al-Filastininyin
Fi-Al-Iraq
(“Developments
in
the
Case
of
Palestinian
Refugees
in
Iraq”);
and,
Maliha
Al-Maslamani
(1977),
Jerusalem,
PhD
candidate
in
fine
arts
in
Cairo,
for
the
study
Haq
Al-Awda
fi
Karikateir
Naji
Al-Ali
(“The
Right
of
Return
in
the
Caricatures
of
Naji
Al-Ali”).
Note:
No
second
and
third
prizes
were
awarded
by
the
independent
jury
in
this
category
because
entries
failed
to
meet
academic
standards.
Badil
has
committed
to
disseminate
the
works
of
these
Awda
Award
winners
through
various
media.
To
date,
the
winning
poster
has
been
adopted
by
the
Nakba
Commemoration
Committee
as
the
official
poster
of
the
Nakba-60
campaign
and
the
winning
documentaries
will
be
broadcast
on
Arab
satellite
channels
on 8
May.
Those
interested
should
continue
to
check
our
website
as
we
publish
the
pieces
of
written
journalism,
the
children's
stories,
the
research
papers,
and
the
oral
history
works.
We
also
call
on
artists,
writers,
and
researchers
to
prepare
themselves
for
next
year's
competition,
and
thank
all
of
those
who
participated
in
the
one
this
year,
including
juries,
awards
committee,
and
of
course
the
brilliant
Palestinian
participants
themselves
who
have
proved
once
again
that
the
spirit
of
talent
and
creativity
can
not
be
caged
by
any
oppressor.
--
Winning
and
Honored
Posters
can
be
found:
http://www.badil.org/awda-award/posters/winners.htm
Pictures
of
the
event
in
Ramallah
and
Khan
Younis
can
be
found
at:
http://www.badil.org/awda-award/images/album2008.htm
The
2008
Awda
Award
Festival
was
organized
by
BADIL
as
part
of
this
year's
Nakba-60
commemoration
events.
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