Competition Winners

Congratulations to the winners and honourable mentions of the First International Ismaili Photography Competition!

We would like to thank all of the participants for their submissions. We were inspired by the talent exemplified in the images submitted by participants worldwide. We hope this competition has encouraged participants to continue taking photographs and capturing memorable moments with passion and inspiration.

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Grand Prize

HERstory

Zahid Wissanji (Kampala, Uganda)


1st Prize

"Hanging Outside Jamat Khane"
Alim Boflo
(Vancouver, Canada)

2nd Prize

"Backyard Mandwo"
Aliza Sovani
(Manotick, Canada)

3rd Prize

"Love"
Nazim Lokhandwala
(Mumbai, India)


Honourable Mentions

The following images are not in any particular order.

"Life In the Mountains"
Ali Ahmed (Islamabad, Pakistan)

"Waiting for Class"
Nabila Wissanji (Johannesburg, South Africa)

"Skywalk"
Rahim Bhimani (Toronto, Canada)

"You and Your Faith, Nothing Else Maters"
Faheema Chaudhury (Northridge, United States)

"Taxi!!!"
Alida Bata (Cheshire, United Kingdom)

"On Our Way to the Canadian Ismaili Games"
Zahed Lalani (Ottawa, Canada)

"Monument of Convergence"
Amin Ahmed (Sherwood Park, Canada)

"Peeking Out"
Sveta Juma (Khorog, Tajikistan)

"An Ismaili Identity"
Haseena Manek (Toronto, Canada)

"Ready for the Rain"
Iqbal Ishani (Vancouver, Canada)

"Snow & Souls"
Aly Sunderji (Burnaby, Canada)

"Man Made"
Amin Shallwani (Karachi, Pakistan)

"Reflection"
Munira Jessa (Calgary, Canada)

"Mola ke Shan"
Ayeleen Ajanee Saleh (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

"Close to my Heart"
Sharmyn Ali (Sugarland, United States)