The Winners 2014-2015
Bahrain Awareness Awards "Human Too" announces the name of winning artworks in the competition in its first edition according to the jury and the public vote. We congratulate the winners of the competition, and we wish success to the participants who did not win, we wish them the best in future sessions.
1st Prize
| Name | Mehdi Rafea |
| Age | 25 Years |
| Level of Education | Bachelors |
| Major | Accounting and Finance |
| Position | Accountant |
| Interests | Football and photography |
| Ambition | To achieve International fame to prove to others that it is not impossible. |
| Title of the work | Maria |
| Description | Synopsis: this film talks about a domestic worker who left her family y to work abroad, she tries to satisfy her longing for her family and loved ones in a very unique way so how does she control her emotions ? |
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2nd Prize
| Name | Sanaullah Muhammad Ali |
| Age | 24 years |
| Level of Education | inter in commerce |
| Major | |
| Position | Sales manager - Jaan click Media |
| Interests | Photography and videography |
| Ambition | Want to be a film maker and a photographer |
| Title of the work | Shades |
| Description | A short film about two domestic workers and two sponsors. Story reflects the positive and negative sides and outcomes.The purpose of this short film is to show the positivity and negativity of the attitudes on the domestic worker and its reaction. |
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3rd Prize
| Name | Omar Farooq |
| Age | 20 years |
| Level of Education | University Student |
| Major | Media Radio and Television |
| Position | student |
| Interests | Film making and adventures |
| Ambition | Media activist and professional film maker |
| Title of the work | The House Maid |
| Description | Synopsis : the film talks about the life of a domestic Worker who comes from her country to work here and is surprised by the inhumane treatment with loads of demands on her and no respect or appreciation. Above all this her employer does not pay her wages that are due which she needs direly for the treatment of her mother back home .. the reason she left her home and came. |
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4th Prize
| Name | Zainab al Haddad |
| Age | 24 years |
| Level of Education | Graduate |
| Major | Marketing |
| Position | Insurance consultant (trainee) |
| Interests | art and reading |
| Ambition | I desire to be successful in order to raise the name of my country by participating in youth activities and be part of the prosperity and development and be able to impact community awareness and thinking |
| Title of the work | suffering of a domestic worker |
| Description | Synopsis: this film talks about the suffering of a domestic worker abroad, the hard work and toil and not getting the full promised wages despite the mental and physical strain which results in the delay of the worker sending back money to their families . this is an example of exploitation of domestic workers and |
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5th Prize
| Name | Ahmed Ali |
| Age | 18 years |
| Level of Education | University – First Year |
| Major | Information Technology |
| Position | |
| Interests | Photography and film |
| Ambition | I wish to become a professional photographer well known in order to raise the raise the name of my country |
| Title of the work | This is my right |
| Description | this film talks about a hardworking worker who wants his employer to pay his wages which are being withheld by the employer even though the worker urgently needs the money to treat his sick son. The employer leaves the house in his car and in the meantime his child falls and hurts himself and the worker rescues the child and takes him to the hospital. The employer returns home and finds no one at home seeing blood on the floor and upon seeing the worker; he starts to shake him up and asking what he has done with his child. The employer gets a call from the hospital telling him that his son had fallen on his head and that his worker had saved the child by bringing him to the hospital . the employer feels guilty of his ill-treatment of the worker and pays the worker his due wages. |
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Master Card Excellence Award (1st)
| Name | Sayed Alawi Hashim |
| Age | 25 years |
| Level of Education | Bachelors |
| Major | Graphic Design |
| Position | Graphic Designer |
| Interests | Art and Design |
| Ambition | To improve my capabilities in the field of designing and to leave a lasting impression in this field |
| Title of the work | THAT DAY |
| Description | Synopsis: The Poster shows a helpless person representing the dire situations of domestic workers in a time line. Starting at zero being the point of arrival from their homeland without anything and the pain of waiting through the days of the month with hard work and effort for the employer and at the end the month the relief comes in the form of the due wages and to be able to provide for their loved ones back home . |
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Master Card Excellence Award (2nd)
| Name | Khalid Janahi |
| Age | 25 years |
| Level of Education | Bsc |
| Major | Banking and Finance |
| Position | Process development officer - lmra |
| Interests | visual arts, photography, photo manipulation, 2d animation, videography |
| Ambition | To run a successful advertising and branding company in the future inshalla |
| Title of the work | Countless Giving |
| Description | Emphasizing on the limitless givings by the domestic workers and the simplest from thanking them by paying them on time. Also empasising on Bahrains positive reputation internationally, culture, and religion that all respect the labours right. |
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