Muhammed Muheisen, who is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, has been documenting the refugee crisis around the world for over a decade and is the founder of Everyday Refugees Foundation.
The collection is of portraits of people of different nationalities who have made Sharjah their home. It captures the moments, natural sceneries and inspiring architecture for which Sharjah is known. One of the pictures is of a 30-year-old Pakistani bank employee enjoying a sunset with his family at Al Khan in Sharjah, showing the multi-cultural side of the city.
One photograph shows an 11-year-old Emirati school girl standing in her classroom at Al Nekhailat School, while yet another shows a 50-year old Bangladeshi car mechanic at an industrial site in Sharjah, capturing the emotion of gratitude towards the city for offering employment and a chance to earn. The photo captions of all 12 captures quote the subjects of the photographs expressing their views about Sharjah as their home.
It is notable that Muheisen has covered the Yemeni revolution and Syrian civil war, as well as events in Saudi Arabia, China, Afghanistan, Egypt, Jordan, France, The Netherlands and South Africa, together with the funeral procession of Nelson Mandela. Most recently, he has been documenting the refugee crisis across Europe.
Muheisen was born in 1981 and graduated with a degree in journalism and political science. As the former Associated Press Chief Photographer for the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan, he covered conflicts across the region and documented major events in Europe, Asia, Africa and the U.S. He spent four years in Pakistan as AP’s Chief Photographer for the region. Most recently, his work has focused on the issue of stranded unaccompanied refugee minors for the National Geographic Magazine.
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The four-day event will include 32 of the world’s most celebrated photographers, and will feature 25 seminars, lectures and live-stage events that aim to reveal the incredible power and influence of photographs in transcending linguistic barriers and geographical boundaries.
