DUHOK, KURDISTAN (November 29th,2023): This year it was in Duhok,

The final ceremony of Rwanga Awards 2023 was held on 23rd of November 2023, in Duhok, Directory of Culture and Arts hall – Semel, with the goal of improving and fostering the potential of youth, Rwanga Awards strives to discover talents, to strengthen confidence and to gather all forms of artistic, literary, and scientific projects created and developed throughout the country.

During the ceremony, winners had been announced for the first, second and third place winners in the ten categories of Short Film, Short Story (Kurdish), Short Story (Arabic), Drawing, Scientific Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Poetry (Kurdish), Poetry (Arabic), Software Development, Solo Musician, Graphic Design, and Photography. Over two thousand people, in the hall, and more than a hundred thousand person online through television and social media channels were eager to find out the results of this year’s Rwanga Awards.

The young participants passionately submitted their arts and scientific work. And their submissions should be related to the given categories. To participate, interested candidates had been assisted with guidelines of submission and the necessary conditions, rules, and regulations of each section, to be evaluated by a finely picked and specialized jury. After the selection process was completed, the awards were given to the winners at the Rwanga Awards 2023 ceremony in Duhok.

The respected jury for each category consisted of:

Short Film:

·       Fouad Jalal Rashid: Founder & CEO of Mastifilm

·       Karokh ibrahem hakem: Director

Short Story (Kurdish):

·       Goran Rasool: Writer

·       Fadil Omer: Writer

Short Story (Arabic):

·       Dr . Amar Almarwati: Teacher (PhD)

·       Faris alsardar: Story writer

Drawing:

·       Hewa A. Perdawood: University Lecturer

·       Aram Nasir Abdullah: University Lecturer

Scientific Innovation:

·       Salah Abdal Azzo: Assistant professor

·       Shwan Hassan Hussein: Teacher

Entrepreneurship:

·       Savo Bakhtyar Rasool: Managing Director Of Iraq | Ecosystem Growth - Five One Lasb

·       Dlveen Jamil Ahmed: Entrepreneurship Expert

Poetry (Kurdish):

·       Abdulkhaliq Yaqubi: Literary Critic and Translator

·       Ismael Sulaiman Hajani: Poet and Author

Poetry (Arabic):

·       Esmat Shaheen Doski: Poet

·       Ali wajeeh Abbas: Author and Jornalist

Software Development:

·       Karzan Wakil Said: Instructor

·       Sheheen Abdullah Abdulkareem: Teacher (PhD)

Solo Musician:

·       Dr.Jange Jalal Hasan: PhD in Music

·       Nawzheen mohamad. Abdul karem: Musician and Composer

Graphic Design:

·       Ahmed M. Azeez (Ahmedsam): Visual designer

·       Aree Sarchl Namiq: Designer

Photography:

·       Fayeq Hama Salih: Photography Teacher at Kurdistan Photographers Group

·       Hushyar Hussien Ismail: Photographer and Graphic Designer

During the ceremony below winners were unveiled for each category:

Short Film Category:

First place: Hevar Omer Sdeeq

Second place: Mohammed Mahdi Salah Jasim

Third place: Kardin Karwan Ali

Short Story (Kurdish) Category:

First place: Kasia Aswad Othman

Second place: Mohammed Idress Abdulrazaq

Third place: Zanyar Mohammed Hasan

Short Story (Arabic) Category:

First place: ‌Hiraa Musa Abd Alamir

Second place: Ali Hussien Mahmood

Third place: Dalal Bashar Abdullah

Drawing Category:

First place: Dunya Fadhel Abdulrahman

Second place: Rahand Nahro Khazayi

Third place: Mohammed Mukhlif Abdulrazaq

Scientific Innovation Category:

First place: Rozh Yadgar Abdulrazzaq Bimar

Second place: Mohammed Safeen Sabah

Third place: Mohammed Hashim Ibrahim

Entrepreneurship Category:

First place: MohamedBaqer Hekmat Abdulghafar

Second place: Sonya Esmail Ale

Third place: Hakam Hesham Abd

Poetry (Kurdish) Category:

First place: Dilshad Hasan Majeed

Second place: Iman Fouad Fakhraldin

Third place: Nahro Gergees Omer

Poetry (Arabic) Category:

First place: Zain Alabidin Majid Fadheel

Second place: Raby Saeed Hasan

Third place: Jawad Mohammed Ali