Receiving DSF 2009 Best Photography Award

His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, presenting me the first prize for the best DSF photography in the shopping category, at a glittering award ceremony held at Dubai Festival City on 15 February 2009.

The Award-Winning Photo

My award-winning photograph on the shopping theme for Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2009.

TGT photographer wins DSF award

BY A STAFF REPORTER
The Gulf Today, 16 Feb 2009
The Gulf Today photo journalist Kamal Kassim has won recognition for the best picture of the 14th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF.The first prize for the best DSF photography in the shopping category was presented to Kamal Kassim by Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, on Sunday evening at a glittering award ceremony held at Dubai Festival City.
Kamal Kassim has been working with The Gulf Today for the past four years. He has been in the Gulf's mainstream journalism for the past 16 years and had worked with newspapers in the Middle East and India, including Gulf Times, Arraya Arabic daily, QNA- Qatar News Agency and publications in India.He has won several awards and accolades, including World Handball Federation, Qatar National Photographic Association, Pepsi International Gold Medal, Nehru Memorial Award and Sharjah Tourism Department.Kamal Kassim has also conducted many photography exhibitions on different themes such as tsunami, water resource conservation and other issues.
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Dubai Metro Trial Run

Trail run of Dubai metro train to Palm Jumeirah man-made island. Atlantis hotel is seen in the background.

Cloudy weather mirrored on land

A beautiful scene from behind Sharjah fish market during the changing weather conditions of the Gulf region. Rain water spread on land, clouds covered the sky and buildings mirrored in the rain water…

GOLDEN MOMENT...

Ethiopian athletic legend Haile Gebrselassie crossing the finish line of the Dubai Marathon 2009, at Mina Seyahi Dubai.

MARATHON CROWD

Spectators of various nationalities cheer the runners at the starting point of the 2009 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon at Mina Seyahi Dubai.

Family Bond

A flock of seagulls has a whale of a time at Sharjah corniche. Visitors have noticed a perceptible dicline in the number of birds visiting the area this year owing to different reasons, including globel warming.

Monkey's Brand

... when it comes to energy-drinking. A monkey with a can of Redbull at a part of Sharjah beach.

Messages from the heart

Palestinian supporters of different nationalities, gathered at Al Qasaba cultural centre in Sharjah, leave their messages on a long cloth in support of the Gaza victims. The message cloth will be sent to Gaza later.

Colours of solidarity

Expatriate Palestinian children, gathered at Al Qasaba cultural centre in Sharjah, involve in panting activities as part of an awareness programme titled "To the Children of Gaza with Love".

Enlightening the solidarity

Expatriate Palestinian children light up candles at Al Qasaba cultural centre in Sharjah, as part of a fundraising nitiative for Gaza victims.

GOOD BYE... 2008!

The last sunset of 2008, captured from Dubai's Emirates road.

SHARING FOGGY MOMENTS...

Two men on a morning walk on Sharjah corniche through thick fog, the last day of 2008. Traffic situation worsened due to heavy fog in several parts of the UAE.