First Naji al Ali results

First International Cartoon Contest Naji Al Ali, Syria 2007 has concluded.
There were 207 authors from 29 countries, who sent 566 artworks to the first edition.
THE JURY
Raed Khalil / Syria: Cartoonist
Walid Naif / Iraq: Cartoonist
Khaldon Gharaibeh / Jordan: Cartoonist
Hani Abbas /Palestine: Cartoonist
Abd Alkader Abdalli / Syria: Critic reviewer
WINNERS:
Cartoon:
Golden Prize: Rumen Dragostinov / Bulgaria (see right)
Silver Prize: Vahid Alimohammadi / Iran (see above)
Bronze Prize : Masoumeh Sadat Mousavi / Iran
Caricature:Golden Prize: Marcio Leite Da Silva / Brazil
Silver Prize: Antonio Ahado Laorenzo / Spain
Bronze Prize: Hasan Ghassemi / Iran (see right below)
Special Prize:David Baldinger / Usa
Chen An Yong / China
Homayoun Abdolrahimi / Iran
Huang Bin / China
Jwan Alzarir / Syria
Ali Javaher / Iran
Erico Junqueira Ayres / Brazil
Success Award:
Athanassios Efthimiadis / Greece, Bayram Hajizadeh / Azerbaijan, Ben Heine / Belgium, Douha Alkhatib /Syria, Erdoğan Başol /Turkey, Ergül Aktaş /Turkey, Louis Pol /Australia, Makhmud Eshonkulov / Uzbekistan, Masoud Ziaei Zardkhashoei / Iran, Bedaiwi / Egypt, Mehdi Azizi / Iran, Shahid Atiqullah / Afghanistan, Mohammad Saleh Razm Hosseini / Iran, Naji ben Naji / Morocco, Osama Salti / Syria, Phu Nguyen / Vietnam, Rabia Alaridi / Syria, Saed Salloum / Syria, Safaie Masoumeh / Iran, Samandariin Tsogtbayar (SATSO) / Mongolia, Shahin Hooshmand / Iran, Valentin Georgiev /Bulgaria, Ali Shabani / Iran, Atmaja Septa Miyosa (SEPTA) / Indonesia, Lojain Nahar / Syria, Michal Graczyk / Poland, Saeed Sadeghi / Iran, Serdar Günbilen / Turkey, Shahrokh Heidari / Iran.
Participating Countries:
Afghanistan – Australia – Azerbaijan – Belgium – Brazil – Bulgaria – China – Egypt – France - Great Britain – Greece – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Jordan –– Kuwait –Lebanon – Mongolia – Morocco – Palestine – Poland – Romania – Spain – Syria – Turkey – Uzbekistan – USA – Vietnam – Yemen.

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