Publication
(Arabic Designer) Alshabiba & Times of Oman Newspapers
What best describes you.
Designer, Illustrator, Photographer, Manager
About me
Brief Regional Director for Middle East and Africa at Society for News Design (visual journalist) Senior Designer Times of Oman and AL Shabiba Newspapers/ Art Director Al Barzah and 7ayam Newspapers in Muscat. I received my BA degree from Damascus University in 2003 and am currently a member of Fine Artists Association of Syria. I worked in an advertising agency in Oman for five years before I joined the publication industry as Senior Designer for Al Shabiba, the sister publication of Times of Oman. I was greatly fortunate to be part of the team that launched the redesign of Al Shabiba and had the honor to work with Dr. Mario Garcia and Adonis Durado. I received several awards from the SND Creative Competition, including a gold and a JSR (judges special recognition).and I helped to launch more than a 5 magazine and 2 Daily newspaper and 2 weekly newspaper in the Middle East. My Award : 2011 : The Best of News Design 32nd Edition Award of Excellence / Al Shabiba Award of Excellence / Al Shabiba Award of Excellence / Al Shabiba 2012 :The Best of News Design 33rd Edition Award of Excellence / Al Shabiba Award of Excellence / Times of Oman JSR (Overall) / Times of Oman Gold / Times of Oman 2013 :The Best of News Design 34th Edition cover of the SND34 Best of News Design book soft-cover version cover of the SND34 Best of News Design book hard-cover version (rockport) 2014 :SOCIETY FOR NEWS DESIGN MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA- CREATIVE COMPETITION (5) Awards of Excellence/ Al Shabiba GOLD-Feature Page Design/ Al Shabiba (2) BRONZES - Illustration/ Al Shabiba SILVER-Feature Page Design/ AlShabiba 2015 :The Best of News Design 36th Edition Award of Excellence / Al Shabiba Award of Excellence / Al Shabiba 2016:The Best of News Design 37th Edition Award of Excellence / Al Barzah Award of Excellence / Al Barzah
Personal web site(s)
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Twitter
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