BRUSSELS, December 19, 2011 (WAFA) - Young Palestinian photo-journalist won Monday the 2011 edition of “Crossing viewpoints: Mediterranean cities as spaces of socialisation”, according to a press release.

The press release stated that Palestinian photo-journalist, Mahmoud Illean, from Jerusalem, won the International Photography Award organized by the EU-funded Euromed Heritage program and the Rehabimed Association

It stated that the photo competition has once more highlighted the place that cultural heritage holds in Mediterranean contemporary societies, especially for the youth who have massively participated at the competition.

It added that the jury has received 266 pictures from 23 different countries. The country with the highest number of participants is Algeria, followed by Morocco and France.

It stated that in total, 63% of all participants are originally from the Mediterranean partner’s countries.

It added that the Jury has given a special mention to Moroccan photographer, Mohamed Karim Boumais,29,  Olivier Dubuquoy , a freelancer from Marseilles,  Mohamed Badarne, from Haifa, and Emanuele Ciccomartine, a photographer from Spain.

It added that the winner, Illean, will be invited to the official inauguration of the exhibition “Crossing viewpoints: Mediterranean cities as spaces of socialisation”, to be held in Cairo, in October 2012.

To be noted that this competition, which is organized by Euromed Heritage 4 and Rehabimed, aims to promote the Euro-Mediterranean cultural heritage, increase public awareness of peoples’ national and regional cultural legacy, and encourage their appropriation of this rich heritage.

M.G.