Winners Of The Al-Azhar 3rd International Caricature and Portrait Competition/Egypt 2025

Theme: "Gaza is an unbreakable resilience."

The jury of the Al-Azhar International Forum for Caricature and Portraiture announced today, Sunday, the results of the third season of the Forum, which was held this year under the theme: “Gaza… Unbreakable Resilience” and the slogan: “Be Human”, from January 15 to February 25, 2025. The aim was to shed light on the suffering of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and to affirm Al-Azhar’s continued support for the Palestinian cause by employing fine arts as a powerful human tool for expressing and defending just causes.

This third edition of the forum witnessed outstanding participation from artists across the globe, with 282 artists from 49 countries submitting a total of 635 artworks. Of these, 535 artworks met the competition's artistic criteria, divided as follows: 311 caricatures and 224 portraits (both caricature and fine art styles). A total of 100 works were excluded for not meeting the artistic requirements.

The judging panels included a distinguished group of renowned artists from various countries: Amjad Rasmi (Jordan), Maher Daniel (Egypt), Ernesto Priego (Spain), Intilaq Mohammed Ali (Iraq), and under the supervision of Sherif Alesh (Egypt).

The judges relied on a set of precise criteria for each artistic category, including the artistic concept, innovation and stylistic transformation, composition, expressiveness, quality of light, shadow, and color, as well as the degree of resemblance to the subject in the caricature portraits.

The forum witnessed intense competition among participants from different countries, who submitted remarkable works carrying powerful humanitarian messages that conveyed the suffering and resilience of the Palestinian people. Following a meticulous judging process by specialized art committees, the winners in the three categories were announced as follows:

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