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Click Here For Arabic Mahfouz Abu Turk, Palestinian press photographer, was born in Hebron, Palestine on July 2, 1948, but grew up in the Holy City of Jerusalem. He received his education in the schools of the Holy City. He flourished in the historical alleyways and streets of the Holy City and courtyards of the Noble Sanctuary.

Unions, Awards, Recognitions, Exhibitions:

The committee of journalistic photographers in occupied Palestinian lands and treasurer in 1989.

He joined the union of Arabic photographers in Baghdad, Iraq 1999 and created the Sunbula organization of Jerusalem photographers.

Abu Turk exhibited his journalistic photographs in Jerusalem from 1890-1990.

Abu Turk completed a course on photography and television in the Italian capital of Rome.

During his coverage of the Intifada, Abu Turk supplied his photographs to the Worldwide Image agency in Jerusalem, the French press agency, and to Reuters for whom he continues to work today. He also supplied, and still supplies photographs to Palestinian newspapers and magazines including, but not limited to, Al Fajr, Al Shaab, Al Nahar, Al Quds and Al Youm, Al Awdah and Al Bayader Al Seyasi.

Abu Turk has held exhibits in the cities, villages and refugee camps of his occupied country. In addition he has had exhibitions in various educational and comprehensive study institutes. He has shown an exhibition entitled “Al Quds Fe Al Eyoon” (Jerusalem in the eyes), a special observation of the occurrences in the Holy City, particularly the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding cities.

The photojournalist Abu Turk participated in several international exhibits starting in Rome and other Italian cities 1989. He has since had exhibitions in Portugal, Jordan, Qatar, Iraq, Germany, Greece, several American states and Istanbul, Turkey.

Abu Turk collected first his gold medallion for Palestinian press photographer and the shield of armor at the Baghdad international festival in 1995. He has also won tens of other medals and recognitions at international photojournalist competitions honoring his work delivering the message of the Palestinian people living under the yoke of Israeli occupation.

Published photographs from the photographer Mahfouz Abu Turk:

1.The Moment of Joy for Palestinians
2.The Moment of Return of the Palestinians
3.The Holy General
4.Searching Jenin. A book detailing the eyewitness accounts of the April 2002, Jenin camp invasion