Iraq (October 31, 2022) - Rwanga Foundation announced the nominees for the ten categories of the Rwanga Awards 2022.

The project was previously announced on 7/3/2022 and youth had 140 days to apply their products. at the end of the deadline for applications, 863 products were applied by the youth in ten categories.

The nominees for the Rwanga Awards 2022 are:

Entrepreneurship:

•  Sipal Kamal Abdulaziz
• Ahmed Aryan Sdiq
• Bakhtyar Aziz Hama-najim 

Scientific Innovation

•  Kardin Karwan Ali
• Ali Sami Saida
•  Ninar Araz Latif

Software Development

• Hasar Shwan Abdullah
• Ameen Sirwan Sabir
• Abdulhadi Abbas Abdullah

Short Story (Kurdish)

• Binaiy Ezzalddin Ali
• Nazila Peshraw Hussain
• Rayan Ramzi Adam 

Short Story (Arabic)

• Ali-Akbar Jawad Shuhaib
• Asmaa Mahdi Radhi
• Dalal Bashar Abdullah

Poetry (Kurdish)

• Khalat Zrar Kazim
• Ali Hasan Faris
•   Rozh Mustafa Abdullah  
  

Poetry (Arabic)

• Hussien Ali Sahib
• Jawad Muhammed Ali
• Saido Ahmed Haso

Drawing

• Muhammed Mukhlef Abdulrazzaq
• Kamand Kamaran Mahmoud
• Ameer Dawoud Muhammed-ali

Recycled Art

• Sidra Muhammed Rafih
• Ali Jamal Kadhim
• Dilshad Shimal Muhammed 

Solo Musician

• Bilind Mahdi Abdullah
• Omer Mahmoud Habib
• Pary Chalak Sidiq 

Short Film

• Sarhat Nariman Khamo
• Rezdar Kareem Hamadamin
• Shahad Faraidun Muhammed

Photography

• Muqtada Kadhim Thabat
• Ali Qasim Saihoud
• Muhammed Oda Jasm

The nominees were selected by a specialized evaluation committee for each category, the jury members for the Rwanga Awards 2022 were:

Short Story (Kurdish) 

·         Fadhil Omer - Writer

·         Bushra Kasnazani - Writer and University Lecturer

·         Goran Rasool - Poet and Story Writer

Short Story (Arabic)

·         Jutyar Tamar - Writer and Academic Researcher

·         Abdulkareem Alkailani - Poet and Author

·         Alyaa Alansari - Writer and Novelist

Drawing

·         Dr. Rebwar Saieed - Assistant Professor

·         Hiwa Abdulaziz - University Lecturer

·         Rowaida Husen - Teacher

Photography 

·         Jamal Penjwene - Head of the Visual Media Department at the Kurdistan Region Presidency Office

·         Thaier Alsudani - Senior Photographer in Reuters

·         Khanda Sarchl Majeed - Photographer

Short film

·         Ranj Mustafa - Director

·         Shurooq Alhasan - Actress and Director

·         Kamiran Betasi - Director

Scientific Innovation

·         Dr. Hemn Latif - Lecturer and Entrepreneur

·         Muhammed Alazawi - Engineer

·         Dr. Bayz Khurshid - Former University Lecturer

Entrepreneurship

·         Yousif Al-Alousi - Executive Manager at Noor Ala Noor Organization

·         Gillian Harshami - Entrepreneurial Advisor

·         Dr. Saba AghalehRecycled Art - CEO and Founder of Saba Holding

Recycled Art

·         Dr. Zhino Khalid Muhammed - Lecturer in the University of Sulaimani

·         Marwah Raed Alnoaime - Founder of Green Gold for Development and Sustainability

·         Firas Jalo - Visual Artist

Solo Musician

·         Mahdi Nuri - Musician

·         Halbast Salah - Teacher

·         Shren Haqi Hussain - Vocal Coach and Opera Singer

Poetry (Kurdish) 

·         Abdulkhaliq Yaqubi - Literary critic and Translator

·         Shukri Ismail - Poet and Writer

·         Shaban Sleman - Poet and Journalist

Software Development

·         Dr. Nawzad Salayi - Head of Outreach and Capacity Building Department of Information Technology (DIT) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)

·         Rebwar Raies - Assistant Professor

·         Dr. Tarfa Yaseen Hamad - University Lecturer

The Rwanga Awards is an annual project of Rwanga Foundation, With the goal of improving and fostering the potential of the youth, Rwanga Awards strives to discover talents, to strengthen confidence and to collect all types of artistic, literary, and scientific projects created and developed throughout the Kurdistan region and Iraq aged between 15 and 25 years. The categories are (Kurdish), short story (Arabic), short film, recycled art, scientific innovation, entrepreneurship, solo musician, photography, drawing, poetry (Kurdish), poetry (Arabic), and software development. 

On November 19, 2022. The final ceremony of the project will be held in Erbil at Saad Abdulla Hall, during the ceremony, the first, second, and third place winners for each category will be announced and awarded.