User:Farajiibrahim

Brahim FARAJI

37 years old, born in Oujda City - Morocco, Head of the Student Affairs Unit, at the Higher Institute of Nursing and Health Technics of Oujda - Morocco, but above all a passionate photographer.

I started in 2013 to capture moments, angles that I see differently. after, I started to look on the bright side and here the world has changed in my heart before my eyes.

Here you will find my life journey through my spirit, moments collected through chasing lights and stories, perceptions to a unique world, for a path with positive impact. this is who i m and this is why i choosed photography !

I started to contribute in Wikipedia in 2016 by uploading photos for Wiki Loves Monuments, then I became a finalist in the 4 next seasons ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4].

Participation in Wikiconvention francophone 2018, Grenoble - France

Participation in WikiArabia 2019, Marrakech - Morocco

In November 2019, I became the Local coordinator for the Wikipedia Education Program in the Moroccan User Group

Prizes

- November 2019, 6th place in the Wiki Loves Monuments France 2019 photo competition.

https://wikilovesmonuments.fr/2019/11/06/les-resultats-sont-la/

- July 2019, the best project on tangible heritage, organized by "THIS IS OUJDA".

https://www.facebook.com/thisisoujdacom/posts/1107710992752237

- July 2018, 3rd prize at the TSAWER contest organized by the Delegation of the European Union to Morocco and UNOPS Morocco.

https://www.facebook.com/DELEGATIONUEauMaroc/posts/1700833286680944?__tn__=C-R

- February 2017, Graduate in Photography with Merit Grade by Shaw Academy, Ireland

- Finalist of the WikiLoves Monuments Morocco Photo Contest for 4 consecutive seasons 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 which a WIKIPEDIA contest, certified by GUINNESS as the biggest photography contest in the world.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019_in_Morocco/Winners

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2018_in_Morocco/Winners

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017_in_Morocco/Winners

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Morocco/Winners

On 02/11/2016, winner of the best prize in the MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA region of the 2016 CGAP Photo Contest (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), which is an organization based at the World Bank in the United States, selected from 3000 participations from more than 70 countries.

https://cgap.exposure.co/2016-cgap-photo-contest

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNfNU3XDKML/

- In 2015, 1st prize in the photo competition under the theme "Built Heritage of the Oriental" organized by the association JOUDOUR OF ART AND DEVELOPMENT in partnership with the Regional Agency for Cooperation and Development / Champagne-Ardenne.

Exhibitions

- MAGHREB MED exhibition organized during the photography festival "TANGER PHOTO MED" from March 24th to 31st at the Medina ART Gallery of Tangier.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1343253949147911/

- Photographic Nights 7th edition organized by the Photographic Art Workshop Association in coordination with the Moroccan Cinematheque and the Moroccan Cinematographic Center under the auspices of the International Federation of Photographic Art FIAP, in Rabat on the 15th and 22nd of December 2018.

https://www.facebook.com/med.morchidi/posts/2544810862203614

- Night of galleries at the Art Corner in Oujda from 03 to 23 December 2018

https://www.facebook.com/coindartoujda/photos/a.677996599253908/714808495572718/?type=3&theater

- Individual exhibition under the theme "Moroccan Sides Under My Eyes", organized by the Joudour Association of Art and Development from 22 to 31 May 2017 at the art gallery My Al Hassan - Oujda.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1751651818428870/

- Collective exhibition under the theme "She", organized by the Joudour Association of Art and Development from 06 to 15 March 2017 at the art gallery My Al Hassan - Oujda.

https://www.facebook.com/events/240073313067861/